JAKARTA, Indonesia (AFP) — At least 15 people have died after a passenger ferry sank off the Indonesian island of Java, police said Tuesday, the latest maritime accident to hit the archipelago nation. The overloaded boat was carrying around 50 people when it overturned Monday in rough seas near Madura island, East Java Police spokesman Frans Barung Mangera said. Search and rescue teams found 13 bodies Tuesday morning, bringing the total number of dead to […]
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SC orders reinstatement of criminal case vs Sulpicio Lines official over M/V Princess of the Stars tragedy
(Eagle News)– The Supreme Court has ordered a local court to reinstate the criminal case for reckless imprudence against an official of the Sulpicio Lines, Inc. in connection with the 2008 M/V Princess of the Stars tragedy that resulted in the death of 227 passengers. In a 20-page decision penned by Justice Jose C. Reyes, Jr., the Court’s Third Division ordered the Manila City Regional Trial Court Branch 5 to refile the case against Edgar […]
Nearly 100 injured in Japan ferry collision
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — At least 87 passengers in a high speed ferry were injured in an apparent collision with a marine animal in the sea of Japan on Saturday, coastguards and media said. Five people were seriously injured in the accident, which occurred just before the hydrofoil was due to arrive on Sado island after a short trip from the mainland, the Japan Coast Guard said. It is likely the ferry hit a […]
S. Korea liable for botched ferry rescue, court rules
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) – The South Korean government is liable for the botched rescue of more than 300 people, mostly schoolchildren, who drowned when their overloaded ferry sank, a court ruled Thursday, ordering the state to compensate relatives. In a landmark ruling, the Seoul Central District Court awarded the next of kin of each deceased passenger from the Sewol ferry 200 million won ($177,000), a further 40 million won for each of their parents, […]
Three dozen dead in Indonesia ferry accident
SELAYAR, Indonesia (AFP) — Nearly three dozen people have died after a ferry ran aground off the coast of Indonesia, according to an updated official toll Wednesday, the latest deadly maritime accident in the Southeast Asian archipelago. The KM Lestari was believed to be carrying nearly 190 people when damage to its hull forced the captain to ground the vessel on Tuesday afternoon about 300 meters (yards) off Selayar island, near the larger island of Sulawesi. […]
Capsized Indonesian ferry spotted at bottom of lake: officials
SIMALUNGUN, Indonesia (AFP) — An Indonesian ferry that capsized and sunk with scores of people aboard has been found by search teams combing the depths of one of the world’s deepest lakes, authorities said Friday. The vessel was believed to be operating illegally with no manifest and an insufficient number of life jackets when it went down on Lake Toba, a picturesque tourist destination in Sumatra. Authorities have struggled to pinpoint the exact number onboard […]
‘Youngest and brightest’ lost in Pacific ferry disaster
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — Many children and teenagers are among those missing after a ferry sank in the remote Pacific, official figures have revealed, with victims described as their region’s “youngest and brightest.” Radio Kiribati reported late Wednesday that a council survey of Nonouti island, where the ferry departed on January 18, showed there were 88 people aboard. It said they included 10 children of primary age and 13 high school students. The youngsters […]
Search for more survivors from sunken ferry resumes in Pacific
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) — The search for survivors from a ferry which sank with 50 people aboard in the remote Pacific resumed Monday, with rescuers saying they remained optimistic as they comb an area larger than Italy. A New Zealand Air Force Orion plane located seven survivors drifting in a dinghy late Sunday after the sinking of the MV Butiraoi, which set off from the island nation of Kiribati on January 18. NZDF Air […]
S. Korea ferry salvage workers may have found human remains: maritime ministry
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Salvage workers who raised South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry may have found the remains of a missing victim of the disaster, the maritime ministry said. The ministry said in a statement it would hold a briefing later Tuesday on “finding human remains suspected to be one of the missing victims.”
South Korea prepares to move sunken Sewol ferry to port
by Hwang Sunghee Agence France Presse Salvage operators were preparing to move South Korea’s sunken Sewol ferry on to another vessel to transfer it to port Friday, nearly three years after it went down with the loss of more than 300 lives. The top of the wreck had been raised to 13 metres above sea-level by late morning, the maritime ministry said in a statement, just high enough to fit it onto a semi-submersible standing […]
14 dead, scores missing in Myanmar ferry disaster: official
YANGON, Myanmar | AFP | — Rescuers have discovered 14 bodies and expect to find scores more after a ferry packed with teachers, students and workers capsized in central Myanmar, local authorities said Monday. A total of 154 people have been rescued since the boat sank early Saturday morning about 72 kilometres (45 miles) north of the city of Monywa. Search teams scouring the Chindwin River have located the sunken vessel, but fear the […]
Ferry sinks in Philippines, three dead, 101 rescued
(Reuters) – Three people were killed and more than 100 rescued after a ferry sank off the coast of central Philippines, disaster and coast guard authorities said on Sunday. The Maharlika II left Liloan port in Southern Leyte province in the central Philippines at noon on Saturday with 26 crew and 58 passengers, including two children, on board, the manifest showed. The ship was also loaded with 13 vehicles, but the drivers were not listed […]
