January 26, 2010
TAIPEI 2010 (AFP) - Two sailors were killed and eight said to be missing after a Thai freighter sank Tuesday near an island off southern Taiwan, a rescuer said.
Another nine crew members were airlifted to safety and hospitalised in central Taiwan, said an official at Taiwan's rescue unit the National Airborne Service Corps, adding the search for the missing was on-going.
The seamen aboard the 4,300-tonne "Sea Angel" were from Thailand, India and Myanmar, according to the coast guard.
The cause of the accident was under investigation but according to the Taipei-based United Evening News bad weather was probably to blame.
