俄一艘渔船在远东沉没 54人遇难
A Russian trawler has sunk off the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's Far East, with 54 sailors so far confirmed dead.
俄罗斯一艘拖网渔船在远东地区勘察加搬到海域沉没，目前已有54名船员确认遇难。
A maritime rescue center in the region says 63 people have been rescued, many suffering from hypothermia.
The freezer trawler had 132 people on board when it sank in the sea of Okhotsk.
Half of the crew are Russian, with the rest coming from countries including Latvia, Ukraine and Myanmar.
Russian emergency services say drifting ice may have holed the vessel.
Officials say water flooded the engine compartment and it sank within 15 minutes.
Some two dozen ships are involved in searching for remaining survivors in freezing waters around zero degrees C.