Shipwreck on the Brahmaputra River

The local police and tourism department jointly carried out rescue operations. There were no casualties. The parties concerned reminded traveling citizens to pay attention to safety through this newspaper.

This newspaper reported (reporter Jiang Yan) 10 people in Chongqing and Zhejiang QQ friends made an appointment to travel to Tibet together during the National Day. Unexpectedly, on the 4th, while crossing the river at the small ferry at the junction of the Brahmaputra River and the Niyang River, we encountered a shipwreck. Mr. Q Youren, who was still worried, called the hotline of this newspaper yesterday to remind the traveling public to pay attention to safety.

Q friends met for a self-driving trip to Tibet

“It was a very happy trip, but it turned out to be very disappointing due to an accident.” Mr. Ren, a Chongqing native, likes to travel, and this year’s National Day Golden Week , he made an appointment with 9 good friends on QQ to rent a car and travel by car to Tibet.

Q friends come from all districts of our city and Zhejiang, *** there are 4 women and 6 men.

Everyone has been fascinated by the scenery of Tibet for a long time. After preparing digital cameras, cameras and other equipment, on September 29, Q friends set off in their cars. During the several-day drive, they enjoyed and photographed the scenery along the way, and stayed in tents at night. They were very happy along the way. On October 2, the 10 people finally arrived in Lhasa.

Encountered a shipwreck while enjoying the scenery while crossing the river

I heard that the Nyingchi area and Milin County along the Brahmaputra River have unique scenery, so Q friends decided to go there because of their reputation. But to reach the destination and enjoy the scenery, you need to cross the river at the small ferry at the junction of the Brahmaputra River and the Niyang River.

At around 2:30 pm the day before yesterday, after Q friends parked their cars, they came to the small ferry. The boatman on the ferry enthusiastically greeted everyone to get on the boat. Mr. Ren said that at that time, everyone saw that the ferry in the river was not big, so they planned to cross the river in two times, but the boatman said: "Come on all of them, I have experience, no problem!" The 10 eager people in Sijing were confused. Was tricked into boarding the ship.

Unexpectedly, after the boat reached the middle of the river, water began to flood into the cabin, and the 10 people were suddenly frightened and panicked.

Called the police in time and got rescued

“Fortunately, we were rescued by the police and fishermen, otherwise the consequences would have been disastrous.” Mr. Ren told reporters that when the boat was slowly sinking, he took out the Use your mobile phone to call local 110 for help.

According to another Q friend, the boatman who claimed to be "experienced" was frightened when he saw the boat sinking. He quickly used poles to control the ferry and finally stranded the boat. On a reef about ten meters away from the other side of the river. But at this time, everyone on the boat and their luggage were soaked in water. The temperature of the river water was very low, and everyone was shocked and scared.

Some nearby fishing boats saw this and immediately pulled their boats over and threw out wooden poles and other floating objects to rescue people. Personnel from the local public security agency and tourism department arrived quickly.

The loss was approximately more than 20,000 yuan

The public security and tourism departments sent an assault boat and a cruise ship to rescue. With the help of three fishermen’s boats, more than an hour later , all 10 people were safely transferred to a cruise ship.

The reporter learned that Ms. Zhao from Zhejiang lost her digital camera after she fell into the river. The cameras, camcorders, and mobile phones of several other Q friends were also damaged by water to varying degrees, resulting in losses of more than 20,000 yuan.

“And we also lost the precious photos taken along the way.” Mr. Ren regretfully said that in this accident, he himself also lost his digital camera and two lenses.

It is reported that the relevant local departments negotiated with Mr. Ren and his Q friends to resolve the matter and made some compensation.