Japanese crew rescued after crash with Hong Kong ship
Agence France-Presse
First Posted 15:16:00 06/21/2008
TOKYO -- All five crew members of a Japanese freighter were rescued early Saturday after it sank after a collision with a Hong Kong container ship off Japan's Pacific coast, a coastguard official said.
The 300-tonne freighter Takasago No. 2 collided with the Hong Kong vessel late Friday off the Izu Peninsula, some 130 kilometers (80 miles) southwest of Tokyo, the official said.
The five Japanese, drifting in a raft, were rescued by the Ji Feng's crew three and a half hours after the crash.
"The crewmen were all in good health and not injured," the official said.
The 5,600-tonne Ji Feng with a crew of 20 Chinese was on its way from Tokyo to Nagoya, central Japan.
The cause of the accident was still under investigation, the official said.
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