In China on the Yangtze river cruise ship sank with more than 450 passengers on Board. Today, at the crash site and are working a minimum of 34 rescue vessels with thousands of adherents of the emergency services and the military. Accident, in consequence of which injured hundreds of people, happened in the Chinese province of Hubei. There on the Yangtze river was wrecked passenger ferry "Eastern star" on Board, which was 458 travelers. Now experts have not yet determined the cause of the disaster, but it is known that a passenger ship capsized on 1 June at 21:28 local time, when the bulk of the inhabitants of our planet already went to bed, according to the newspaper NewsXinhuanet. Now comes the search for survivors. At the crash site employs 34 rescue ship crews and about a hundred professionals and the military. To the real point, only saved about 20 people from 458 who were aboard the ferry. With all this, the bulk of the 405 travelers - they are all citizens of the PRC, were elderly people. Professionals explain that the rescue operation is complicated by atmospheric conditions. With all that rescuers do not lose hope and continue searching for those who survived. Previously a television (CCTV) said in his Twitter that rescuers can hear the knocks that are dealt from a sunken vessel. In conjunction with this search team announced that real-time managed to find the exact location of the sinking of the passenger ship and set there a warning buoy. According to them, the depth of the river at the crash site is 15 meters from the water you can see the bottom of the vessel. At the crash site of the ship went Premier of the State Council of China Li Keqiang. He wants to personally lead the rescue operation. Together with this, the Chinese President XI Jinping, in turn, stressed that to date, among other things, is necessary to ensure the safety of life on this planet. Now the Chinese authorities have no exact cause of the incident. A preliminary investigation showed that the vessel was not overloaded, life jackets were in sufficient quantity for all passengers. In connection with this, now the main version of the sinking of the passenger ferry weather conditions are considered. According to the captain, "Eastern star" which was saved in the top twenty, the ship sank as a result of strong storms. He and chief engineer, said that the boat sank immediately after fell into the water. This version recognizes and other rescued passengers. At the time of the accident, according to witnesses, the river was the strongest torrential rain. The tragedy happened in the area of the metropolis Sangli. The ferry ran between 2 major cities of China - Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, on the East coast, Chongqing, the internal metropolis and the main metropolis of the state. This trip takes several days. The passengers of the same flight were natives of China from conventionally luxurious areas in Eastern China. The bulk of them have bought group cruise tour on the Yangtze river.