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China Cruise Ship Capsizes, Hundreds Feared Dead

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Rescue workers in China are searching for survivors after a cruise ship carrying 458 people capsized Tuesday.
 
The Eastern Star went down in the Damazhou waterway section of the Yangtze River, where the water depth is about 50 feet.
 
Rescue teams have managed to save at least 15 people, including the ship's captain and chief engineer. Both are being held by police.
 
At least five people are dead and more than 400 others are still missing.
 
Officials are still working to figure out what caused the ship to go down.
 
Local media reports many of the passengers were tourists between 50 and 80 years old. They were traveling as a group on the cruise ship from Nanjing in the east to Chongqing in the southwest.

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