Moto unabuka m'chipinda cha injini ya sitima yapamadzi yomwe inali paulendo wake.

Usiku wa June 19th, East China Sea Rescue Bureau ya Ministry of Transport inalandira uthenga wowawa kuchokera ku Shanghai Maritime Search and Rescue Center: Sitima yapamadzi ya Panamanian yotchedwa "Zhonggu Taishan" inayaka moto m'chipinda chake cha injini, pafupifupi. 15 nautical miles kum'mawa kwa Chongming Island Lighthouse ku Yangtze River Estuary.

Moto utayaka, chipinda cha injini chidatsekedwa.Chombocho chili ndi anthu 22 aku China omwe adakwera.Bungwe la East China Sea Rescue Bureau la Unduna wa Zamsewu nthawi yomweyo lidayambitsa dongosolo lachitetezo chadzidzidzi ndipo lidalamula sitimayo ya "Donghaijiu 101" kuti ipite pamalowo mwachangu.Gulu la Shanghai Rescue Base (Emergency Rescue Team) lakonzekera kutumizidwa.

Nthawi ya 23:59 pa June 19th, chombo cha "Donghaijiu 101" chinafika pamalo omwe adachitika ndikuyamba ntchito yotaya malo.

Nthawi ya 1:18 am pa 20, gulu lopulumutsa la "Donghaijiu 101" linapulumutsa anthu 14 omwe anali ovutika m'magulu awiri pogwiritsa ntchito mabwato opulumutsa.Otsala 8 otsalawo adakhalabe m'sitimayo kuti atsimikizire kukhazikika kwa sitimayo.Ogwira ntchito onse 22 ali otetezeka ndipo palibe ovulala omwe adanenedwa.Atamaliza kusamutsa anthu ogwira ntchito, sitima yopulumutsa anthu idagwiritsa ntchito mizinga yamadzi amoto kuziziritsa mutu waukulu wa ngalawayo kuti aletse zochitika zina zachiwiri kuti zisachitike.

Chombocho chinamangidwa mu 1999. Ili ndi mphamvu ya 1,599 TEU ndi tonnage yakufa ya 23,596.Imawulutsa mbendera ya Panama.Pa nthawi ya chochitikacho, achomboanali paulendo wochokera ku Nakhodka, Russia, kupita ku Shanghai.