Chemical tanker capsizes off Japan

A South Korean-flagged chemical tanker carrying industrial acid has capsized in stormy seas off southwestern Japan, killing at least eight of the crew


Mar 20, 7:00am, (Mar 19, 2200GMT): Keoyoung Sun, forced to anchor during storm, issues distress call saying vessel is listing


Sea of Japan (East Sea)
MAIN MAP 
JAPAN 
Tokyo


68m-long tanker carrying 980 tonnes of acrylic acid, used in plastics, resin, and coatings

Futaoi Island
Shimonoseki
Sanyoonda
Ube
Suo-nada Sea
Kitakyushu
10km 6 miles


Crew status
Survived
Dead
Missing


Sources: Reuters, Associated Press, Japan Times, Marine Traffic, FleetMon
Picture: Kyodo/Newscom
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