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18 Ukrainian sailors feared dead in HK,after Monday searching
By DIKKY SINN
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Posted 24 March 2008 @ 05:06 pm HKT
Rescuers trying to move the 80-meter-long (264-foot-long) Ukrainian boat, currently lying upside down at a depth of 35 meters (115 feet), to shallower waters to ease rescue efforts in Hong Kong Sunday, March 23, 2008. (AP Photo)
Map locates Hong Kong's Lantau Island, near where 18 Ukrainian sailors are trapped underwater.(AP photos)
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The cause of the Saturday's accident wasn't immediately clear. Officials say weather conditions were reasonable at the time of the accident and neither ship was overloaded.
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