Information release of the capsizing event of the Yangtze River passenger ship

Since the sinking of the Yangtze River passenger ship "Oriental Star" in Jianli section of the Yangtze River in Hubei Province on the evening of June 1, the search and rescue command center has held 10 official press conference in Jianli, Hubei Province to inform the on-site rescue, the treatment of the wounded and the appeasement of their families.

On the afternoon of the 2nd.

Yang, Minister of Transportation: 19 people were rescued, of which 12 were still alive. According to preliminary statistics, there are 454 passengers, 403 passengers, 46 crew members and 5 tour guides on the whole passenger ship.

Chen Shoumin, commander of the Hubei Military Region: At the first time, the troops that could be rescued by various arms and services were quickly dispatched, and the General Staff Department specially sent a front commander to rush to the scene as quickly as possible.

Second night

Yang, Minister of Transportation: As long as there is a little hope, we will work hard 100%. Transportation, maritime affairs, navy, etc. * * * Fighting together, divers are in place, and scientific and reasonable distribution is made for launching inspection. A 500-ton large salvage engineering ship transferred from Changsha has arrived at the site around 18. Another 500-ton salvage ship will also arrive on the morning of the 3rd. After four rescue boats are put in place one after another, the total lifting capacity of the rescue boats on site will reach 1760 tons.

Li Bin, director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission: County People's Hospital has admitted 10 people, discharged 5 people and is checking 5 people. The injury is generally stable. The health and family planning department of Hubei Province dispatched 130 experts from major hospitals in Wuhan to form 10 expert group to carry out rescue at the scene of the accident and the treatment hospital. At the same time, Jianli County, Hubei Province and Yueyang City, Hunan Province * * * sent more than 260 medical staff and 80 ambulances to carry out rescue at the scene.

Ma Yiming, Assistant to the Chief of General Staff of the People's Liberation Army: As of 2 1 pm on the 2nd, the army and the armed police had participated in the rescue of 4,628 people, and the militia reserve was 1.3 million. Two Yunba planes, eight helicopters, 68 boats of various types and two military medical rescue teams were used to participate in the rescue work. More than 80 divers from three naval fleets, Naval Engineering University and Guangzhou Military Region/KLOC-0 rushed to the scene.

On the afternoon of the 3rd.

Xu Chengguang, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport: The number of ships involved in rescue has increased to 13 1. Six search and rescue experts, more than 200 other surface personnel involved in the search, and 180 newly-invested divers are also carrying out dragnet search and rescue, and the search and rescue scope has been expanded to the waters of Honghu Xintan, 220 kilometers downstream of the incident. By the afternoon of the 3rd, three salvage boats had arrived at the scene, and two others were on their way. The sunken section of the passenger ship has resumed navigation.

Xu Chengguang revealed that competent and authoritative technical experts have been organized to draw inferences from others, learn lessons, find out carefully, and make all preparations for the investigation of the incident in line with the principles of scientific rigor, respect for science, respect for facts, never justifying shortcomings and never concealing them. The relevant departments have carried out investigation and evidence collection on the rescued crew.

Dong Yan, deputy commander of the naval field team and leader of the second detachment of the combat support ship of the East China Sea Fleet: On the 3rd, from 3: 40am to 6: 438+02am, the naval rescue forces salvaged the bodies of the victims 12.

Wu Cuihong, Director of Wuhan Central Meteorological Observatory: At 9: 06 on June/KOOC-0/day, Jianli Meteorological Observatory monitored the maximum instantaneous wind force of 9.2 m/s, and at 22: 03, an automatic weather station near the Yangtze River in the southeast of Jianli County called Chiba was about 35 kilometers away from the accident site, and the maximum instantaneous wind force was monitored/KOOC-0/6.4 m/s and 2/KOOC-0/h to 20. The main body of the tornado is located on the river, and the horizontal scale is less than one kilometer.

On the evening of the third

Xu Chengguang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport: As of the afternoon of the 3rd 17, 2 1 bodies of victims were found in the cabin that day, and together with 5 bodies of victims previously found, 26 bodies were found. 220 divers were divided into three classes, and kept diving for search and rescue for 24 hours. In order to improve the pertinence and effectiveness of diving operation, a layered and block search method is adopted, and the searched underwater cabins are tied with red ropes and marked. As of 2 1 on the 3rd, 202 divers from the navy and transportation system dived 165 times, the deepest point 15m, and the total diving time was 4,250 minutes.

Dong Yan, deputy commander of naval field and leader of the second detachment of combat support ship of East China Sea Fleet: Navy divers are still searching in carpet and will not give up any chance to search and rescue survivors.

On the afternoon of the 4th.

Zhang Shifeng, Director of the Social Affairs Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs: The aftermath of the remains is mainly concentrated in Jianli and Honghu funeral homes. Equipped with freezers, ice coffins and other equipment, a group of body makeup artists have also been dispatched from Wuhan, and Tianjin, Nanjing and other places will also be dispatched to support them. The next step will be to continue to do the relevant resettlement work.

Huang Zhen, county magistrate of Jianli County People's Government: Jianli County has salvaged and transported 75 bodies of victims, and received more than 200 passengers' families/kloc-0, involving 279 tourists.

On the evening of the 4th.

Xu Chengguang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport: The overall search and rescue of "Oriental Star" is going on overnight, and the implementation steps have been determined. The righting scheme is based on the following considerations: 1. Search results and life detector results show that no signs of life are found, the hope of survival is getting more and more slim, and the overall judgment is that there is no possibility of survival, so the righting can be implemented. 2. It is beneficial to speed up the search. 3. The righting and lifting operations conform to international and professional practices. 4. All equipment and facilities with hoisting capacity are ready. 5. Experts and technicians in the field of hull and ship repair and rescue have been dispatched from all over the country to provide technical support.

On the morning of the fifth

Xu Chengguang, spokesperson of the Ministry of Transport: As of 5 10:20, 97 victims of the "Oriental Star" have been confirmed, and the survivors are still 14. Last night was a very difficult stage of righting and fishing operation, and the main difficulty was to wear slings underwater. The overall righting was completed at 9: 06 am on the 5 th. In the next step, we will focus on the pumping, lifting, overall salvage and search for the remains of the victims of the Eastern Star.

Ma Xin, Deputy Director of the Emergency Office of the General Staff Department: As of the morning of June 5, 3,424 troops and armed police forces have been put into the rescue site, including militia 1 person, air force helicopter 1 person, boat 1 person and 59 construction machinery, and they have gone all out to put into action on the surface, underwater, land and air.

The fifth night

At the press conference held on the evening of June 5, Xu Chengguang, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport, introduced that the overall righting work of "Oriental Star" was progressing smoothly, and the search and rescue in the ship was completed within 7 hours, and the oil spill problem had been dealt with. Through careful planning in advance, the overall righting and floating of the sunken ship progressed smoothly. Before the press conference, all the sunken ships were above the main deck. The pumping work in the engine room is carried out simultaneously to restore the buoyancy of the hull as soon as possible. During the whole righting process of the sunken ship, oil leakage occurred around the hull. Xu Chengguang said that this was caused by a small range of oil pollution in the cabin during the overturning process and has been properly handled. The disposal of oil spill has been included in the plan before the start of righting work, and relevant departments have prepared professional equipment and materials.

On the morning of the 6th.

On the morning of the 6th, Ma Kai, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, held a special meeting of the rescue and disposal working group for the sinking of the "Oriental Star" in the State Council in Jianli County, Hubei Province, to arrange the aftermath of the incident. He also demanded that the investigation of the cause of the incident and the appeasement of the families of the victims be thoroughly and solidly done with a highly responsible attitude towards history and the people.

At 4: 30 pm on the sixth.

At 4: 30 pm, the headquarters in front of the rescue held a 13 press conference: ① 18 bodies were found in Yueyang section of Hunan Province; ② For the received remains, a special person will take DNA samples; ③ Organize family members to pay homage to the riverside in an orderly manner; ④ Carry out research on economic compensation.

13 pm

/kloc-on the afternoon of 0/3, the press center of the State Council Forward Command held the 5th press conference on the capsizing incident of the "Oriental Star" passenger ship to inform the search and rescue progress and the aftermath. According to the press conference, the public security department conducted a DNA comparison of the searched remains in accordance with the law, scientifically and rigorously, and confirmed 442 bodies of the victims and handed them over to their families. So far, the bodies of all the victims have been found. The main reason for the change in the data of rescued personnel is that there are many forces involved in search and rescue at first, from different systems and units, and the data summary is repetitive.