Sri Lanka's naval force said on Wednesday it had found 14 bodies inside a Chinese fishing boat that had inverted last week with 39 team ready.
The terrible disclosure came a day after a starter Chinese government test finished up there were no survivors on the vessel that toppled on May 16.
The Lu Peng Yuan Yu 028 had on board 17 Chinese, 17 Indonesians and five Filipinos and was inside Australia's huge hunt and-salvage district, 5,000 kilometers west of Perth.
The boat was found on May 18 approximately 1,000 kilometers south of Sri Lanka, according to the Philippine foreign ministry, but bad weather hampered rescue efforts.
On Tuesday, the Sri Lankan navy released photos showing the vessel's upturned red hull and bodies being hauled out of the water. It stated that its divers had recovered two bodies and spotted 12 more.
The navy stated in a statement that "it was determined that retrieving those bodies would be exceedingly dangerous" because of the bodies' decomposition and the potential health risks posed by operating in contaminated waters with limited protective gear.
It claimed that Chinese authorities had received maps showing where the 12 bodies in the boat were. The bodies found were not immediately identified by nationality.
Australia had sent three planes and four boats to help in the global pursuit and-salvage endeavors.
Heros had fished an area of around 64,000 square kilometers, and "saw as no indication of survivors", as per the Chinese vehicle service.
The fishing vessel's distress beacon was first noticed last week as Cyclone Fabian whipped up winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour and waves as high as seven meters through the region.
The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) in Canberra warned of "challenging" survival conditions as rough weather delayed rescue efforts.
One of China's largest state-owned fishing companies, the Penglai Jinglu Fishery Company, owned the vessel.
It was approved to look for neon flying squid and Pacific saury, as per the North Pacific Fisheries Commission.
It left Cape Town in South Africa on May 5 for Busan in South Korea, as per the Marine Traffic following site, which keep going found the vessel on May 10 southeast of Gathering, a minuscule French island in the Indian Sea.
Squid and tuna fishing operations are also carried out in international waters by Penglai Jinglu Fishery, including the Indian Ocean and the seas surrounding Latin America.
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