Rescuers search for missing sailors in Xijiang River near Yunan County, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 2, 2011. A fishing boat with 11 crew aboard sank in the river on Sunday. Four of the boat's crew have been rescued and seven others are still missing. Investigation into the cause of the accident is underway. (Xinhua/Liu Shuo)
Seven people are still missing Monday after a fishing boat with 11 crew aboard capsized and sank in Xijiang River in south China's Guangdong Province early on Sunday.
Local government and maritime authorities in Yunan County have barred other vessels from entering the area where the boat sank, and have dispatched rescue boats and frogmen to search for the missing people, according to a statement issued Monday by the Guangdong Maritime Affairs Bureau.
To date, no sign of the missing people has been found, the statement said.
Four of the boat's crew had been rescued after the accident.
How the boat capsized and sank remained unknown, although collision has been ruled out, it added.
Rescuers search for missing sailors in Xijiang River near Yunan County, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 2, 2011. A fishing boat with 11 crew aboard sank in the river on Sunday. Four of the boat's crew have been rescued and seven others are still missing. Investigation into the cause of the accident is underway. (Xinhua/Liu Shuo)
