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6 1 the capsizing incident of the Oriental Star tourist passenger ship.

On May 28th, 20 15, the passenger ship "Oriental Star" set off from Nanjing for Chongqing and called at several ports in Nanjing. At the time of the incident, the ship was in Hubei waters in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. It is understood that the waters are more than 400 kilometers away from Nanjing/KLOC-0.

At about 2 1 day in June, 2065438, a huge passenger ship carrying more than 400 people suddenly capsized.

At about 22: 00 on June 20 15, the command center of Yueyang Maritime Bureau under the Yangtze River Maritime Bureau received a call from a crew member. When the ship broke down due to the storm, I saw two people coming down the river, one wearing a life jacket and the other holding a lifebuoy. The storm was too big to be rescued, so it called the police. Later, the two men were rescued by the coast guard ship and were told that the passenger ship "Oriental Star" had sunk.

At 23: 05 1 June, 201day, the Hubei provincial party Committee and provincial government departments immediately started the emergency plan after receiving the call from the man who fell into the water to save himself.

On June 2, 2005, around 1, the water search and rescue coordination center of the Yangtze River trunk line received a report that the tourist passenger ship "Oriental Star" belonging to Chongqing Oriental Steamship Company suddenly sank in Jianli section of the Yangtze River in Hubei Province.

20 15 At 5 o'clock in the morning on June 2nd, Hubei Provincial Government Emergency Office released a message: The passenger ship "Oriental Star" was heading for the river-crossing waters at No.44 Damazhou Waterway, Jianli County, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province (the waterway mileage in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River was 299.9 kilometers) and was suddenly capsized by a tornado.