Three people are missing after a Japanese cargo ship sank following a collision with a foreign vessel in the Seto Inland Sea, western Japan, according coast guard officials
Japan: Crew missing after ships collide in Kurushima Strait
The collision caused a cargo ship to sink while a tanker sustained damage. Nine crew members from the sunken ship have already been rescued by the Japanese coast guard, but three are still missing.
The chemical tanker was damaged but did not sink
The Japanese coast guard are searching for three missing crew members after a cargo ship collided with a chemical tanker during the early hours of Friday.
Nine members of the freighter crew have already been rescued after their freighter sank at 2:40 a.m. (1740 GMT) in Kurishima Strait, Japan.
A search is ongoing for three crew members reported missing from a roll-on/roll-off (ro/ro) vessel that sank off the coast of Japan early Friday morning. .