The background of the capsized incident of the Eastern Star tourist ship on June 1

The ship "Eastern Star" is 76.5 meters long, with a gross tonnage of 2,200, a width of 11 meters, a depth of 3.1 meters, and an approved passenger quota of 534 people. The ship was built in 1994 and is a passenger ship that has been in use for more than 15 years. It has been renovated in the meantime, but it has not yet reached the mandatory scrappage period of 30 years for passenger ships. The passenger ship only has first, second and third class cabins, and the ship is equipped with GPS navigation system, satellite TV, telephone, karaoke room and other equipment and facilities. The cruise ship involved was rated as a "ministerial civilized ship" by the Ministry of Transport.

"Oriental Star" is affiliated to Chongqing Oriental Shipping Company. The company was founded in 1967. It is a domestic high-end shipping company operating Yangtze River tourist passenger transportation. It is a key state-owned water transport enterprise in Chongqing and the only one in the world. There are 5 domestic luxury cruise ships including "Pearl of the East", "Star of the East", "Prince of the East", "Palace of the East" and "Emperor of the East".

Oriental Star Passenger Cruiser Crew List Position List Captain Zhang Shunwen First Mate Tan Jian Liu Xianlu Cheng Lin Helmsman Huang Chao Li Ming Wan Wang Chubing Boatswain Wu Minggui Sailor Tan Denghua Li Changhua Xu Yiqing Chief Engineer Yang Zhongquan First Officer Cheng Bo Second Officer Lun Mu Yiquan three tubes Lun Mu Zhilong come on Chen Shuhan Yang Ming Feng Tianliang electrician Zhang Yuegui passenger transport manager Li Xiang passenger transport supervisor Xiang Guangqing broadcaster Liu Jingcui passenger transport foreman Mo Bing waiter Chen Jingxiang Wen Zina forced Chen Guoxiang Ran Ruimei pay Kaiqiong Wu Mingfang Luo Hongying Liu Wenfeng Xuwen Company Zhang Shaobin, Xiong Bendong, Xie Hong, Yang Bangping, Sun Guoguang, Zhang Rongmu Fangxiang, Liu Zonglan, Zeng Yibi, Xu Yanhong, Zhang Xiaoju, He Dezhen, Wang Ping, Yu Zhengwei. The above reference sources have been initially verified. This voyage is from Nanjing to Chongqing. It has been initially verified that there are 458 people on board (406 passengers, 47 crew members, 5 travel agency staff).

According to the Yangtze River Maritime Safety Administration, most of the passengers on board were members of the "Sunset Red" elderly tour group organized by a travel agency in Shanghai, ranging in age from 50 to 80 years old.

Yao Wenge, deputy director and spokesperson of the Nanjing Maritime Safety Administration, said that 406 passengers on the "Oriental Star" boarded the ship from Nanjing. Among them, 101 were directly organized by Nanjing Travel Agency, and some were directly organized by Nanjing Travel Agency. Tourists are organized by Suzhou and Changzhou travel agencies and take foreign passengers to Nanjing to board the ship.

On the morning of June 2, 2015, the tourism department announced that the distribution of people on the Eastern Star luxury cruise ship that sank at the bottom of the river was as follows: 97 people in Shanghai, 204 people in Jiangsu, 11 people in Zhejiang, and 43 people in Tianjin. Among them, 23 were from Shandong, 19 from Fujian, and 8 from Anhui. There are also 47 crew members and 5 tour guides.