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14 missing in Philippines after Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship collides with fishing boat
- The Hong Kong-flagged Vienna Wood collided with the Liberty 5 fishing boat in the early hours of Sunday morning
- A coastguard light plane and a helicopter joined the search on Monday for the 12 fishermen and two passengers that were on the Liberty 5
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A search was under way on Monday for 14 people missing from a Philippine fishing boat that collided with a Hong Kong-flagged cargo vessel.
The boats crashed early on Sunday in waters southwest of Manila, capsizing the Philippine fishing vessel Liberty 5 off the coast of Occidental Mindoro province.
The captain of the cargo ship Vienna Wood, which is registered in Hong Kong, called for help “a few hours later” and the vessel was being escorted to land by the Philippine Coast Guard, said agency spokesman Commodore Armando Balilo.
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It was not immediately clear if the Liberty 5 had sunk.
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Philippine authorities deployed aircraft and ships in the hunt for the missing people, who included 12 Filipino crew members and two passengers.
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