Third crew member found alive from capsized cattle ship off Japan, but two Australians still missing

Two Australian crew members were among the 43 people on board the Gulf Livestock 1, which capsized in the East China Sea on Wednesday.

A third crew member from a cargo ship that capsized off Japan with more than 40 people and thousands of cattle onboard has been found alive after being spotted by a search plane. 

The man, 30-year-old Filipino Jay-nel Rosals, was found on a life raft waving for help 2 km off Kodakarajima, a small island in Japan’s southern Kagoshima prefecture, the Japanese coastguard said.

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