Search and rescue teams from Vietnam, China and the Philippines are looking for 14 missing crew members after Vietnamese cargo vessel Khoi Nguyen 18 sank near Fiery Cross Reef in the South China Sea. Vietnam said 48 of the 62 people onboard have been rescued after the ship encountered bad weather. The incident occurred in a disputed maritime region.

Search and rescue teams from Vietnam, the Philippines and China are continuing efforts to locate 14 people still missing after a Vietnamese cargo ship sank near Fiery Cross Reef in the disputed South China Sea on Saturday.
Vietnamese authorities said the number of survivors has risen to 48 after three more people were rescued on Monday. A total of 62 people were on board the vessel.

Ship went down in bad weather

The Vietnamese cargo vessel sank late Saturday near Fiery Cross Reef, a Chinese-built island and military outpost in the disputed Spratly Islands.
According to Vietnam's Foreign Ministry, the ship encountered bad weather while operating in the East Sea. All 48 rescued crew members have been handed over to Vietnamese authorities for medical treatment before being transported back to the mainland.

, a general cargo ship built in 2017, was last detected near Vietnam in March through its automated identification system (AIS), according to ship tracking platform MarineTraffic. Under a United Nations maritime safety treaty signed by Vietnam, large cargo ships are required to keep their AIS transponders switched on at all times to broadcast the vessel's identity, position and course.