Helicopter crashes into Yangtze River in E. China

　　12日11时20分，南极考察船“雪龙号”在上海外高桥码头停靠时，“雪龙号”租用的舰载直升机在完成任务返航时失事坠海。中国海上搜救中心迅速组织力量，全力投入救助中。

　　据中国海上搜救中心办公室值班人员介绍，4月12日11时20分，南极考察船“雪龙号”在上海外高桥５号沟码头附近停靠，“雪龙号”租用一家通用航空公司的舰载直升机已完成在舰上工作的任务，从“雪龙号”上返航回驻地，飞机在起飞1分钟后坠海，机上4人随机落水。

　　接报后，中国海上搜救中心立即启动应急预案，协调派出海事执法船及东海救助局专业救助船“东海救111”、“华英388”立即到达现场进行救助，落水的4人中有3人获救，1人失踪，飞机沉入水中，经全力打捞，目前已被打捞出水。

　　One person is missing after a helicopter from China's Antarctic exploration ship, Xuelong, crashed into the East China Sea off Shanghai Sunday.

　　Four people were aboard the helicopter when it crashed near the estuary of the Yangtze River at about 11:20 a.m., said a spokesman for the China Marine Search and Rescue Center.

　　Three were rescued, the spokesman said.

　　The center has dispatched three rescue boats to search the missing person, he said.

　　The ship-based helicopter, which was rented by the Xuelong, or "Snow Dragon," had sunk, and rescuers were trying to locate it, he said.

　　The Xuelong just arrived at a Shanghai dock. The helicopter crashed just a minute after taking off from the vessel, he added.

　　The cause of the accident is still unknown.

　　Carrying 140 crew, including scientists, technicians and sailors, the Xuelong left Shanghai in October for a 173-day trip, the longest in China's Antarctic expedition history.

　　The expedition team had successfully erected a new research station at Dome Argus (Dome A), the pole's highest icecap at 4,093 meters above sea level.

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