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March 2008 – The mineral rights to drill for oil at the Macondo well, located in Mississippi Canyon Block 252 in the United States sector of the Gulf of Mexico about 41 miles (66 km) off the Louisiana coast, were purchased by BP at the Minerals Management Service's (MMS) Lease Sale No. 206, held in New Orleans.
At least 90 people to date have been confirmed, over 100 others have been listed as missing and 39 survivors rescued. 190 2018 Indonesia: Sinking of MV Sinar Bangun – On 18 June in Lake Toba, North Sumatra, during its trip from Simanindo Harbour in Samosir Island to Tiga Ras Harbour in Simalungun Regency.
The tug was run down and sunk by the schooner she was towing, Three Sisters ( United States), in the East River off New York City, sinking in 60 feet (18 m) of water. [ 6 ] 2 June
Kiribati (/ ˈ k ɪr ɪ b æ s / ⓘ KIRR-i-bass, [10] Gilbertese:), officially the Republic of Kiribati (Gilbertese: Ribaberiki Kiribati), [11] [12] [3] is an island country in the Micronesia subregion of Oceania in the central Pacific Ocean. Its permanent population is over 119,000 as of the 2020 census, and more than half live on Tarawa atoll.
COVID-19 pandemic in Kiribati This page was last edited on 10 December 2021, at 18:56 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
Sunk date Notes Coordinates Alpena United States: 15 October 1880 A sidewheel steamer built by Thomas Arnold of Gallagher & Company at Marine City, Michigan in 1866. She was operated by the Goodrich Line after being purchased from Gardner, Ward & Gallagher in April 1868.
General Slocum – The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in New York City's East River on 15 June. 1,029 people were killed, [14] making it New York City's greatest loss of life until the September 11 attacks. [15] 1,029 1912 Japan: Kiche Maru – Sank in a typhoon in the Pacific on 22 September. It is estimated that more than 1,000 persons ...
The 2009 Kiribati ferry accident was the sinking, on 13 July 2009, of an inter-island ferry in the south Pacific nation of Kiribati. [1] The accident is believed to have killed 33 of the ship's 55 passengers and crew. [1] The ferry was a 56-foot-long (17 m) double-hulled wood catamaran en route between Tarawa and the outlying island of Maiana. [1]