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The ship ran aground on a coral reef between 6–10 miles (9.7–16.1 km) offshore, after deviating from its planned route. The reef ripped a hole in the forward starboard bow, and knocked open the ship's bow door - allowing seawater into the car deck. [8] RoRo ferries are extremely vulnerable once the car-deck is breached.
The captain quickly had the ship removed from the rock before continuing forward up the channel, only to run aground again on the same rock, further damaging the hull. This time, the ship would not budge, and the crew and passengers had to wait for 12 hours before being pulled away by a variety of tugboats, fishing boats, and a Coast Guard ship.
[55] [220] [225] 32 people are known to have died, [105] [219] [226] and 64 others were injured. Three people (a South Korean newlywed couple and one crewman) trapped inside the ship were rescued more than 24 hours after the accident. [227] The body of the last missing person, Indian crew member Russel Rebello, was recovered on 3 November 2014 ...
Eleven people were killed and 70 injured, some critically. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pilot Richard J. Smith and New York City ferry director Patrick Ryan pleaded guilty and were jailed for seaman's manslaughter . Smith was piloting under impairment from painkillers, and Ryan failed to enforce the city rule requiring two pilots in the wheelhouse during docking.
For the record: 10:36 a.m. Dec. 22, 2022: An earlier headline on this story said 33 people died in the boat fire.The Conception boat fire killed 34. Following the horrific Conception boat fire in ...
A total of 82 people were on the boat and 45 died. 45 2002 Philippines: Maria Carmela – On 11 April the ferry caught fire while traveling from Masbate to Quezon. After burning for three days the ship sank off Pagbilao island in Quezon. Of those on board 44 were killed in the incident. [42] 44 2017 Argentina
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The cargo ship Dali that crashed into Baltimore’s Key Bridge in March had a pair of catastrophic electrical failures minutes before the crash and had experienced two blackouts a day earlier ...