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  • 2nd Crew Member Found Alive From Cattle-Carrying Ship That Sank Off Japan

    09/04/2020 10:10:44 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 16 replies
    NPR ^ | 09/04/2020
    A second crew member has been found alive from a ship carrying livestock that capsized and sank during a typhoon off the southern coast of Japan. But another storm expected to hit the area over the weekend is likely to hamper the search for 40 other people still missing. The Gulf Livestock 1, a 450-foot ship with a cargo of some 5,800 cows en route from New Zealand to China, issued a distress call early Wednesday Japan time near the island of Amami Oshima, north of Okinawa. The ship's "mayday" was sent from an area affected by Typhoon Maysak, a...