Twenty-one people have been confirmed dead after a tugboat sank on a trial voyage on the Yangtze, Chinese state media reported on Saturday. The vessel was raised 40 hours after it sank while undergoing testing with 25 people, including eight foreigners, aboard on Thursday afternoon, Chinese state media reported. Rescuers were still searching the cockpit of the newly built boat and along the river for the missing persons. The tragic accident occured on a stretch of the river between Jingjiang and Zhangjiagag near the commercial hub Shanghai.
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