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[JohnTan]

BEIJING (AP) — Seventeen people were killed after two dragon boats capsized in southern China, authorities said Sunday.

The boats were practicing Saturday for a race in the Taohua River in the city of Guilin when the accident happened, said the fire department of the city of Guilin, capital of Guangxi region.

It was not immediately clear what caused the boats to capsize.

The fire department said on its official account on the social media site Sina Weibo that search efforts ended late Saturday and 17 people had been confirmed dead. A total of 60 people fell into the water.

The official Xinhua News Agency said eight boats and over 200 people had been deployed to the rescue.

Two organizers of the practice, from the village of Dunmu, were detained, Xinhua said.

China has sought to step up safety surrounding nationwide dragon boat racing during the Duanwu festival, which falls near the summer solstice and commemorates the death of the poet and minister Qu Yuan in the third century B.C.

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/17-killed-2-dragon-boats-capsize-southern-china-003921107.html

 

[Rogue Trader]

reminds me of the sinkie dragon boat team accident in the Myanmar (?) race 10 years ago :(

 

[KuanTi01]

reminds me of the sinkie dragon boat team accident in the Myanmar (?) race 10 years ago :(

Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

 

[taksinloong]

Same lessons as Road Safety.

FAST = UNSAFE

Speeding boats also overturned like speeding cars.

Fast rapid water also same as speeding.

In fast waters swimming skill may be useless. Life jacket also useless. Rapid currents always win.

 

[tun_dr_m]

What happened was 3 boats were at a training. Where water is usually slow so they did not use life jackets! However 1 boat failed to U-Turn nicely at the end of the track got drifted down to a zone unsafe with whirlpool rapid current. So U-turn at there capsized to side.

1 other boat went to rescue and also capsized when overloaded. Tua Tua Kee already!

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桂林桃花江两龙舟翻船17人遇难
2018-04-22 01:24:41

1/104月21日，两艘龙舟在广西桂林市桃花江发生翻船。桂林市官方22日凌晨通报称，此次翻船共造成57人落水，17人遇难，40人被救起，其中5名伤者送医救治已脱离生命危险。。 新华社记者 周华 摄

2/104月21日，搜救人员在事发现场搜救。新华社记者 周华 摄

3/1021日13时40分左右，桂林市秀峰区甲山街道办事处敦睦村村民组织三艘龙舟在桃花江练习，其中的两艘龙舟发生侧翻，共造成57人落水。

4/10“当地水不急，所以（划舟队员）没有穿救生衣的习惯。”据介绍，敦睦村龙舟队划至一水坝处，水深约四五米，水流较急。他们尝试冲过去，但未果，下面正好又是一漩涡，最终导致侧翻。另一支龙舟上的人见状，准备前往营救，但走近后，“水里的人求生欲太强。把过来的那支龙舟也趴翻了。”因此，导致事故发生。

5/10据了解，当天中午，桂林市秀峰区敦睦村村民在桃花江练习划龙舟时，其中2艘龙舟先后发生侧翻，约60人落水。图为第一艘龙舟翻船动图。

6/10了解情况后，现场指挥员立即向市委、市政府和市公安局汇报情况，并组织人员展开营救。由于事发江河段水流湍急、水质浑浊，给救援工作带来了很大的困难，消防部门同时调用了6艘橡皮艇、2艘冲锋舟下河进行搜救。图为第一艘龙舟翻船动图。

7/10据了解，发生侧翻的龙舟长18米，荷载30人，发生翻舟时落水人数约60人，截至当晚22时15分，搜救工作已全部结束，共有17人遇难。图为另一艘龙舟尝试营救动图。

8/10从目击者拍摄的视频来看，事发前一群身穿蓝衣的龙舟队员划着一艘黄颜色的龙舟在桃花江上进行练习。可当他们划到江中的橡胶坝附近时，龙舟突然打横，发生了侧翻。没过多久，另一艘龙舟也来到了事发地点。在橡胶坝附近转了几个圈之后，同样发生了侧翻。图为另一艘龙舟翻船动图。

9/10图为救援现场。

10/10虽然大部分落水村民安全上岸，但还是有人出现了溺水的情况。



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[glockman]

Is this how a river becomes Yellow?

 

[mojito]

How will sinkies commemorate loyal sinkie Minister Khaw when he passes on?