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More than 40 crew missing after ship with 6000 cattle capsizes in storm off Japan

More than 40 crew missing after ship with 6000 cattle capsizes in storm off Japan

JUNKO FUJITA AND PRAVEEN MENON MORE than 40 crew members were missing after a ship carrying cattle from New Zealand to China capsized in stormy weather in the East China Sea, the Japanese coastguard has said. A lone crew member from the Gulf Livestock 1 had been rescued so far. Three vessels, four aeroplanes and two divers were taking part in the search, the coastguard said. The ship, with a cargo of nearly 6,000 cattle, sent a distress call from the west of Amami Oshima island in southwestern Japan on Wednesday as Typhoon Maysak lashed the area with strong winds…
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