Beijing, Sha,aban 1436 AH, June 2, 2015, SPA -- A passenger ship with more than 450 people on board has sunk in China's Yangtze River during a heavy storm, Chinese state media reported early Tuesday, according to dpa. As of Tuesday afternoon, 12 people out of the 458 people on board have been rescued, the official Xinhua news agency reported. The ship was not overloaded and was equipped with sufficient life jackets, Xinhua cited the Ministry of Transport as saying. Those rescued included the captain and the chief engineer and an 65-year-old woman. -- SPA 10:25 LOCAL TIME 07:25 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w
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