CCG medical personnel helping a rescued Philippine crew member Photo: CCG’s official WeChat account.

Philippine crew members sit in a cafeteria onboard a CCG's vessel Photo: CCG’s official WeChat account.

The China Coast Guard (CCG) carried out an emergency rescue operation after an foreign cargo vessel carrying 21 Philippine crew members capsized in waters northwest of China's Huangyan Dao, according to a release from the CCG's official WeChat account on Friday. 

At 1:34 am on Friday, CCG received a report from the Sansha maritime search and rescue center in South China's Hainan Province that a foreign cargo vessel had capsized 55 nautical miles northwest of China's Huangyan Dao, with 21 Filipino crew members on board. Following the incident, CCG immediately dispatched two coast guard vessels to the scene to carry out search and rescue operations. As of now, 13 people have been rescued, and rescue efforts are still ongoing, CCG said on Friday.

Global Times