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#AceBreakingNews – Australian Defence Force joins search for 39 missing people after Chinese boat capsizes

A search is underway for 39 people who remain missing more than 24 hours after a Chinese fishing boat capsized in the Indian Ocean.

Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said the accident happened 4,600 kilometres north-west of Australia at about 3am on Tuesday.

The report said the crew included 17 people from China, 17 from Indonesia and five from the Philippines.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Li Qiang have ordered Chinese diplomats abroad, and the agriculture and transportation ministries, to assist in the search for survivors.

“All-out efforts” must be made in the rescue operation, Mr Xi was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.

Mr Li ordered unspecified measures to “reduce casualties and strengthen safety management of fishing vessels at sea to ensure safe maritime transport and production”, Xinhua reported.

It is not known why the vessel capsized. 

Australia, Indonesia, Philippines join search

Several ships and an Australian Defence Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft have been searching the area. No survivors or life rafts have been spotted.

The Australian Maritime Safety Authority said it was coordinating the search in what it called a remote location in the Indian Ocean, about 5,000 kilometres north-west of Perth.

It said the agency received a distress beacon signal from the fishing vessel at about 5:30 am on Tuesday.

It said weather conditions in the area had been “extreme”, but improved by Wednesday.

A Perth-based Challenger rescue aircraft will drop a buoy to help with drift modelling to further assist in the search, the agency said.

The Philippine Coast Guard Command Centre said it was monitoring the situation and coordinating with the Chinese embassy in Manila, as well as search and rescue teams operating near the vessel’s last-known location.

Merchant and fishing vessels in the area were also searching for survivors on Wednesday.

The boat, Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028, was based in the eastern coastal province of Shandong and operated by the Penglai Jinglu Fishery, according to the reports.

Another Chinese vessel, Lu Peng Yuan Yu 018, is operating near the upturned hull and has been asked to conduct a grid search for survivors, according to the Indonesian agency.

China is believed to operate the world’s largest fishing fleet. Many of them stay at sea for months or even years at a time, supported by Chinese state maritime security agencies and a sprawling network of support vessels.

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