(Bloomberg) — Hundreds of passengers from a Chinese cruise ship that capsized on the Yangtze River remain unaccounted for as rescuers worked into the evening amid rain and strong winds.
Rescuers pulled three people from the ship Tuesday after cutting open part of the hull that's above water level, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. That brought the number of survivors to 15 while five others were confirmed dead, according to Xinhua. That's out of 458 mostly-elderly passengers who were aboard when the ship capsized.
"There's not a minute to lose," Premier Li Keqiang was quoted by Xinhua as saying at the accident site, where he rushed today to lead life-saving operations. "Rescuing passengers is top priority now."
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