A passenger ship carrying more than 400 people sank on Monday night in China's Yangtze River.
The ship, named Dongfangzhixing, or Eastern Star, sank at around 9.30 p.m. in the Jianli -- Hubei province -- section of the Yangtze River, Xinhua reported, citing the river navigation administration.
Sources said that there were 397 Chinese passengers, five travel agency workers and 42 crew members aboard.
It was headed towards south-west China's Chongqing city from Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu province.
Rescue work is underway.
