Twenty-six people are reported missing after an Indonesian ferry sank in the Makassar Strait, which separates the islands of Sulawesi and Borneo, authorities announced today. The wreck occurred on Thursday due to bad weather, but the news was not known to the authorities until today, the head of the rescue services, Juanidi (who, like many […]
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Tunisia: 4 dead and 10 missing in shipwreck with migrants
At least four migrants have been killed and ten others are missing after a boat sank off the coast of Tunisia today, an official in Tunis said. The Tunisian Coast Guard rescued 44 migrants from the boat bound for Italy and capsized under unclear circumstances off Sfax. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, […]
Japan: Ten killed in tourist shipwreck – Another 16 missing
The ten people who have been identified so far after the sinking of a tourist ship in northern Japan on Saturday are still dead, while another 16 are still missing, the country’s port announced. “We confirm the deaths of all ten people,” said a spokesman for the Japanese Coast Guard, adding that the search for […]
Madagascar: 85 dead from shipwreck
The death toll from the wreck of a cargo ship in northeastern Madagascar has risen to 85, port authorities and gendarmerie officials said today, finding another 21 bodies. “The death toll rose to 85 as 21 bodies were collected yesterday,” Gendarmerie General Zafisabatra Rawavi said Wednesday. The number of passengers on this 12-meter-long wooden boat […]
Ship with 25 tons of chemicals sank off the coast of Sri Lanka after 12 days of fire
Container ship MV X-Press Pearl with 25 tons of chemicals sank near the main port of Sri Lanka. This is reported by Euronews. The ship sank one day after extinguishing a fire that had been burning for 12 days. They tried to tow it into the deep sea to avoid coastal pollution. The vessel […]
Oxygen Remains Until 11PM. Bali Is Desperately Looking For A Sunken Submarine Of The Indonesian Navy
North of the island of Bali, the “desperate search” for the missing April 21 submarine of the Indonesian Navy continues, AFP writes. According to the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the country, the crew of 53 people, if he is alive, in the most optimistic scenario, oxygen remains for several hours. Yesterday […]