• A survivor is carried onto the river bank on June 2, 2015, after being rescued from the Dongfangzhixing or “Eastern Star” vessel which sank Monday night in the Yangtze river in central China’s Hubei province. Agence France-Presse
    A survivor is carried onto the river bank on June 2, 2015, after being rescued from the Dongfangzhixing or “Eastern Star” vessel which sank Monday night in the Yangtze river in central China’s Hubei province. Agence France-Presse
  • A Chinese rescue boat is seen alongside a capsized passenger ship that was carrying more than 450 people when it sank in the Yangtze river, triggering a rescue effort hampered by strong winds and heavy rain off Jianli in China’s Hubei province on June 2, 2015. Agence France-Presse
    A Chinese rescue boat is seen alongside a capsized passenger ship that was carrying more than 450 people when it sank in the Yangtze river, triggering a rescue effort hampered by strong winds and heavy rain off Jianli in China’s Hubei province on June 2, 2015. Agence France-Presse
  • Relatives of passengers on the capsized ship Dongfangzhixing wait for news on June 2, 2015, at the Shijiyuan Hotel in Nanjing, China. The vessel was carrying 458 people, including 406 Chinese passengers, five travel agency workers and 47 crew members, according to the administration. It sank at around 9:28pm local time on Monday in the Hubei province section of the Yangtze River. ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images
    Relatives of passengers on the capsized ship Dongfangzhixing wait for news on June 2, 2015, at the Shijiyuan Hotel in Nanjing, China. The vessel was carrying 458 people, including 406 Chinese passengers, five travel agency workers and 47 crew members, according to the administration. It sank at around 9:28pm local time on Monday in the Hubei province section of the Yangtze River. ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images
  • Paramilitary police assemble at a port in Chongqing, China, before heading out to Hubei province on June 2, 2015, for rescue operations after a passenger ship sank in the Jianli section of the Yangtze river. Reuters
    Paramilitary police assemble at a port in Chongqing, China, before heading out to Hubei province on June 2, 2015, for rescue operations after a passenger ship sank in the Jianli section of the Yangtze river. Reuters
  • In this image taken from video released by China's CCTV, a rescue worker listens for a response on June 2, 2015, as he taps on the hull of a capsized ship on the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province. AP photo / CCTV via AP video
    In this image taken from video released by China's CCTV, a rescue worker listens for a response on June 2, 2015, as he taps on the hull of a capsized ship on the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province. AP photo / CCTV via AP video
  • An elderly passenger is escorted to the riverbank after being rescued on June 2, 2015, from the passenger ship Dongfangzhixing or "Eastern Star", which sank in the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province on Monday night. Agence France-Presse
    An elderly passenger is escorted to the riverbank after being rescued on June 2, 2015, from the passenger ship Dongfangzhixing or "Eastern Star", which sank in the Yangtze river in central China's Hubei province on Monday night. Agence France-Presse
  • Rescuers move boats into the Yangtze river on June 2, 2015, to search for missing passengers of a capsized tourist ship in Jianli, Hubei province, China. EPA / Yuan Zheng
    Rescuers move boats into the Yangtze river on June 2, 2015, to search for missing passengers of a capsized tourist ship in Jianli, Hubei province, China. EPA / Yuan Zheng
  • China's Premier Li Keqiang, right, studies a map on June 2, 2015, as he discusses a rescue plan with experts as they fly to the site where a ship sank in the Jianli section of Yangtze river, Hubei province, China. Some passengers are still alive inside the hull of the ship, which was carrying 458 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists. The vessel capsized during a storm Monday night, state media said. Reuters
    China's Premier Li Keqiang, right, studies a map on June 2, 2015, as he discusses a rescue plan with experts as they fly to the site where a ship sank in the Jianli section of Yangtze river, Hubei province, China. Some passengers are still alive inside the hull of the ship, which was carrying 458 people, many of them elderly Chinese tourists. The vessel capsized during a storm Monday night, state media said. Reuters

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Capsized ship rescue on Yangtze river in China — in pictures

Robert Mickelson

June 02, 2015

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Rescuers are hopeful that some of the 458 people aboard a passenger ship that capsized on the Yangtze river in China during a storm Monday night may still be alive.

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