Philippines searches for 1 missing crew of submerged oil tanker

MANILA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) personnel are searching for a missing crew of an oil tanker that sank off Bataan province, west of Manila, before dawn on Thursday, a PCG spokesperson said.

Rear Admiral Armando Balilo said the vessel, Motor Tanker Terra Nova, carrying 1.4 million litters of industrial fuel oil, capsized and eventually sank 3.6 nautical miles east of Limay town around 1:10