Explosion Breaks Chinese Tanker in Half; Two Crew Members Missing

By Li Rongqian, Zhou Tailai and Denise Jia

What’s new: An explosion broke an oil tanker in half Tuesday afternoon in the Yellow Sea southeast of Qingdao port in Shandong province.

As of 10:20 p.m. Beijing time Tuesday, 15 crew members were rescued and two were missing, state broadcaster CCTV reported.

Reasons for the explosion were under investigation. The incident didn’t cause any oil leakage or spillage. Two spillage response ships were dispatched to the site.

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