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Maritime Vessel Shipping line 1 Date Deaths 1 Missing 1 Survivors 1 Remarks SS Corregidor: Compania Maritima 17 December 1941 900-1,200 [1]: Unknown 282 The ferry was sailing to the Visayas and was carrying around 1200-1500 passengers, mostly refugees fleeing the bombing of Manila by the Japanese during the Second World War, when it struck a mine off Corregidor Island and sank in five minutes.
Despite figuring in three major maritime disasters in the span of 11 years (from 1987 to 1998) resulting in the deaths of more than 5,000 people, the company was never held liable by the Philippine courts.
20 February 2017 – 2017 Tanay bus accident. A tourist bus carrying more than 50 passengers lost control and hit an power pole in Tanay, Rizal, killing 15 people and injuring 40. [80] 18 April 2017 – 2017 Nueva Ecija bus accident. A 45-seater bus carrying 77 passengers fell into a ravine in Carranglan, killing 31 and injuring 46. [81]
On 13 June 2019, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman pronounced the incident an "ordinary maritime accident." [10] The following day, the Chinese Embassy in Manila released a statement via Facebook claiming that a Chinese fishing boat, Yuemaobinyu 42212, "was berthed near Reed Bank when it was suddenly besieged by 7 or 8 Filipino fishing boats".
2017 Argentina: ARA San Juan – On 15 November the submarine sank while submerged during patrol in the South Atlantic. 44 lives were lost. 44 2009 Vietnam: Gianh River boat accident – On 25 January on the Gianh River near Quảng Hải Village, in the Quảng Trạch District of Quảng Bình Province. [43]
The accident resulted in extensive damage to the vessel's hold as well its cargo of vehicles and household goods. As a result of the damage, estimated at $100 million total, the vessel's owners scrapped the vessel. [14] 1 October 2015: SS El Faro: 33 fatalities, sunk in deep water by Hurricane Joaquin [15] 26 January 2016: MV Modern Express
Early on 17 June 2017, the United States Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with MV ACX Crystal, a Philippine-flagged container ship, about 80 nautical miles (150 kilometres; 92 miles) southwest of Tokyo, Japan; [3] [4] 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southeast of the city of Shimoda on the Japanese mainland ().
Shipwrecks of the Philippines (6 C, 64 P) Pages in category "Maritime incidents in the Philippines" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.