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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.
The Philippine Coast Guard reported only 57 survived the maritime tragedy, around 350 bodies had been recovered, while 515 people missing were allegedly trapped inside the capsized vessel. [15] On October 28, 2008, 40 bodies were recovered from Deck C, the vessel's economy section, by 16 divers of salvage group Harbor Star and from the Coast ...
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The incident resulted in the deaths of all 104 passengers and crew on board. [16] 22 March 1998 – Philippine Airlines Flight 137. An Airbus A320-214 overshot the runway while landing at Bacolod City Domestic Airport. There were no fatalities among the crew and passengers, but three people died on the ground as the plane plowed through a ...
One person died and nearly 100 had to be rescued after a ferry in the central Philippines struck floating debris at sea and took on water Saturday, police said. Sea accidents are common in the ...
The Philippines is investigating the deaths of three Filipino fishermen after they were killed in a collision with a “foreign” vessel in the South China Sea, authorities in the country said on ...
Maritime accidents in the Philippines are common due to a combination of bad weather, poor maintenance, and lax enforcement of safety regulations. [7] The Philippine Span Asia Carrier Corporation (operator of Sulpicio Lines) has been involved in five maritime disasters, most notably the 1987 sinking of the ferry Doña Paz that resulted in an ...
The Philippines has accused Chinese Coast Guard ships of firing water cannons and making “dangerous maneuvers” at its ships in the South China Sea.