More than three dozen rescue vessels working on the wreck of the ship “Star of the East” – Ekho Moskvy radio station

It sank on the Yangtze River in eastern China. On board of the tourist ship was more than 450 people. All of them – the citizens of China, reports Tass. To the crash site has already gone Premier Li Keqiang. He himself will lead the rescue operation. According to the newspaper “Hubei Daily”, the cause of the crash could become a powerful tornado. The Office for Water Transport said that the ship “sank in two minutes.” People who were on board the ship, “ready to sleep».