Yangtze

Oriental Star – Should We Fear Our Next Cruise?

Yangtze River was raging on June 1st, 2015 under the impact of a major storm. Battling the river and weather conditions was a passenger ship, Oriental Star, with more than 450 passengers aboard. Other passenger and cargo ships in the same stretch of water pulled close to shore and...

Yangtze Cruise Ship Disaster: China Gathers 60 Specialists To Probe Eastern Star Sinking

By Suman Varandani of ibtimes.com China has assembled a 60-member team to investigate the country’s worst boat disaster in over six decades that was survived by only 14 people, the Associated Press (AP) reported Wednesday. The Eastern Star cruise ship capsized in the Yangtze River in...

Eastern Star Tragedy: How to Assess Safety on a River Cruise

by independent.co.uk One of the biggest tragedies in tourism history occurred this week when a river boat with nearly 500 people on board sank on the Yangtze in China. Most of the passengers and crew are feared dead after the Eastern Star...

Chinese Ship Capsizes on Yangtze with Hundreds Missing

by bbc.com Five people have died and hundreds are missing after a cruise ship carrying 456 people capsized on the Yangtze River in China's Hubei province. Officials say at least 15 people survived, with some found alive inside the submerged hull of the Eastern Star. The captain and the chief...