A cargo ship loaded with 465 tons of sulfuric acids that sank in the Yangtze River in east China's Jiangsu Province on Monday has been salvaged, but two people who were onboard are still missing, local sources said on Tuesday.

The cargo ship set off from Zhangjiagang City of the province on Saturday afternoon and capsized early on Sunday near the second water supply plant of the city of Yangzhong. Three people were onboard at the time, but only one was rescued.

The salvaged ship was dragged to an area near a garbage disposal site in Yangzhong at the lower reaches of the Yangtze and its contents will be neutralization.

Some leakage of sulfuric acid was reported on Tuesday evening.

An investigation into the cause of the accident is under way.

(Xinhua News Agency January 11, 2006)