Authorities on Sunday launched an investigation into a deadly boat accident in southwest Chinese province of Sichuan on Saturday, as 14 people including at least six children remained missing.
The tourist boat, the Shuanglong, was carrying 18 people on a three-hour tour at Bailong Lake in the city of Guangyuan Saturday noon.
The boat capsized at about 2:40 p.m, minutes before it was about to reach its destination, Xinhua reporters learnt.
Three adult men survived, and one rescued child was announced dead after emergency treatment failed. A total of 14 people, mostly young parents with their children, were missing.
The tragedy befell on five families who were enjoying a weekend excursion on the lake, a popular tourist site. Boat operator Zhou Piqiang, his wife and four-year-old son are also among the missing.
A spokesperson of Blue Sky rescue team said on Sunday noon that they found the capsized boat about 65 meters under the water with the help of underwater video cameras, but no sign of life was detected.
The State Administration of Work Safety has sent a work team to the site of the accident.
Source; Xinhua
Location of Sichuan province in China 
On Saturday, local authorities said a child died and three were being treated after a  capsized at Bailong Lake in , , China at 14:50 local time (0650 ). At about noon on Monday a search and rescue team found the body of a middle-aged male passenger; thirteen other people were still missing.

According to officials, strong winds caused the accident. 

The boat had been running a three-hour tour and the accident happened several minutes before its finish.  Officials on Saturday said the child was taken to hospital and pronounced dead there.

On Sunday, a Blue Sky rescue team spokesman said underwater video cameras located the boat at around 65  (around 215 ) depth, with no signs of survivors. The search for the remaining then-fourteen people was ongoing.

Five families had been on board, and the boat operator, his wife, and his son.

The vessel was prepared for up to forty passengers.


== Sources == 
*
*
*
*
*