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One child is confirmed dead and 14 others listed as missing after a pleasure boat capsized in southwest China's Sichuan on Saturday.
Rescuers search for the missing passengers on a pleasure boat that capsized in southwest China's Sichuan on Saturday. [Photo: Sichuan Daily]
The child is one of 4 people who have been pulled from Bailong Lake in the city of Guangyuan.
The other 3 managed to survive, and are still being treated in hospital.
A search for those still missing is still underway.
The boat itself was equipped to hold at least 40-people, but was only carrying 18 when it capsized.
Authorities say strong gales pushed the ship over.
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.


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