A fourth crew member has been rescued Monday after a storm sunk an engineering vessel two days earlier, according to a Chinese state broadcaster.
According to state broadcaster CCTV, the crew member’s condition is stable, and rescue efforts are continue.
The latest rescued crew was part of a 30-strong crew on board the Fujing 001, a China-registered floating crane, that was involved in building several offshore wind farms, according to local media reports.
The ship split in half on Saturday during tropical storm Chaba, which was upgraded to a typhoon before making landfall in Guangdong province and Hong Kong. Chaba had maximum sustained winds of 110 kilometers (68 miles) per hour.
About 300 kilometers (180 miles) south of Hong Kong, Chaba struck Fujing 001.As of Monday, 26 other crew members are missing and search and rescue operations are still underway.
Hong Kong authorities had dispatched planes and helicopters to aid in the rescue, but said that chances of rescuing the other crew alive were “slim.”
