In China, rescued 13 passengers from the sunken ship on the Yangtze – BBC

In the course of the rescue operation on the Yangtze River in China, where the ship sank with more than 450 passengers on board, rescued 13 people, reports broadcaster CCTV in his Twitter .

Rescuers reported that the body of the wreck hear the sounds of the surviving passengers.

Local media reported that most of the ship’s passengers were aged from 50 to 80 years.

River ship “Star of the East “with more than 450 passengers on board made flight from Nanjing to Chongqing.

Earlier reports , Prime Li Keqiang is going to lead the rescue operation.