A ship full of 5800 cows drowned in southern Japan, 43 people were also on board

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ship full of 5800 cows drowned

Tokyo: A ship carrying 5800 cows in southern Japan sank on Wednesday. There were 43 crew members aboard this ship. The ship sent a message of being stranded in the midst of bad weather before its disappearance. Coast Guard officials said the Coast Guard rescued a crew member from the water late on Wednesday night.

ship full of 5800 cows drowned

This crew member from the Philippines is able to walk and is in good health. He said that earlier the Japanese Navy’s P-3C surveillance aircraft found that a man wearing a life-saving jacket was trying to escape in the water. Gulf Livestock 1 ship sent a crisis message in the early hours of Wednesday. The ship, weighing about 11,947 tonnes, was passing along the coast of Amami Oshima in the East China Sea carrying 5,800 cows.

Weather bad due to typhoon
The message of why the message of crisis was sent is not immediately known but the weather was bad due to the Messak Typhoon in the area. Other members of the crew aboard the ship are 38 Philippines, two New Zealand and one Australian citizen. A search operation is on to locate the remaining crew members. It also includes five aircraft and trained divers.

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