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Twelve dead, 15 missing in Brazil boat accident

Agence France-PresseApril 19, 2013 18:32
At least 12 people died and around 15 were missing Friday after a boat capsized in the Ariri river in the Brazilian Amazon, firefighters said in a revised toll, as an investigation got under way. "Twelve bodies, including those of children, have now been recovered," Colonel Carlos Alberto Moreira Reis told AFP by telephone. "The boat had more than 70 people aboard -- 41 of them were found alive, including nine who were hospitalized," he said. Earlier in the day, he gave a toll of four dead and 25 unaccounted for.

At least 30 die in boat capsize off Gabon: AFP

March 21, 2013 11:31
At least 30 people died when their boat capsized off the Gabonese capital Libreville, AFP journalists and rescue workers said Thursday, the latest disaster off the west African coast. Police said the boat, which was carrying 65 people thought to be illegal immigrants, capsized in stormy weather overnight as it was travelling from Nigeria to Libreville. AFP journalists counted 30 bodies lying along the shore, with the boat still visible in the waters of Cape Esterias, which lies about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Libreville.

At least 30 die in boat capsize off Gabon: AFP

March 21, 2013 11:30
At least 30 people died when their boat capsized off the Gabonese capital Libreville, AFP journalists and rescue workers said Thursday, the latest disaster off the west African coast. Police said the boat, which was carrying 65 people thought to be illegal immigrants, capsized in stormy weather overnight as it was travelling from Nigeria to Libreville. AFP journalists counted 30 bodies lying along the shore, with the boat still visible in the waters of Cape Esterias, which lies about 40 kilometres (25 miles) north of Libreville.

29 survivors so far in Nigeria boat sinking

March 21, 2013 09:01
Twenty-nine people, including two who survived by clinging to a cooking gas cylinder, have been rescued after a boat capsized off Nigeria last week with an estimated 128 people on board, an emergency official said on Thursday. The boat set off on Friday from Nigeria's neighbour Benin, overloaded with passengers who had hoped to find work in Gabon, said the head of Cross Rivers State Emergency Management Agency, Vincent Aquah, citing survivor accounts.

Sunk Nigerian boat was carrying trafficked migrants - survivors

March 20, 2013 18:00
By Ani Akpan and Afolabi Sotunde CALABAR, Nigeria (Reuters) - A boat that sank off the Nigerian coast with up to 166 people on board, killing at least 45, was carrying illegal immigrants being trafficked to Gabon, survivors interviewed by Reuters said on Wednesday. Nigerian authorities were still searching for survivors from a wooden boat that sank on Friday some 40 nautical miles offshore on its way from Oron, in Cross Rivers state, to Gabon.

March 20, 2013 07:46
Boat capsized off Nigeria had estimated 128 passengers; 2 survivors so far: official joa-mjs/txw

Two dead, scores missing after ferry sinks in Bangladesh

February 8, 2013 10:49
Two people were confirmed dead and scores more were missing after a boat carrying around 100 passengers sank following a collision on a river in Bangladesh Friday, the latest in a series of disasters blamed on lax safety standards. The small vessel was ferrying passengers on the Meghna river, close to the town of Gazaria in the central Munshiganj district, at around 8:00 am (0200 GMT) when it collided with a barge laden with sand to be used for construction.

Yachting: Spanish sailor Sanso awaits rescue after capsize

February 3, 2013 17:30
Spanish sailor Javier Sanso capsized on Sunday and was waiting to be rescued as he sees his bid to finish the Vendee Globe threatened, some 500 nautical miles west of Madeira, Portugal, race organisers announced on Sunday. "At 11h49 French time (10h49 GMT), two distress beacons were triggered and a rescue helicopter has been sent," read a statement on the Vendee Globe website. Sanso was reported to be on a lifeboat and signalling for help as well as setting off smoke flares as he awaits help.
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