At least six dead and 31 missing after Colombian tourist boat sinks
Regional authorities said the boat was carrying 170 people.
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Regional authorities said the boat was carrying 170 people.
The Belfast exhibition has welcomed millions of visitors since it opened.
Turns out it took a long, long time for it to happen.
The boat sank off Canada’s Pacific coast near Vancouver Island.
The fishing vessel sank off the coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia’s far east.
Human error has been blamed for the sinking of the ship in a new report.
The sunken Soviet submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean some 1,500 miles northwest of Hawaii.
The rescue was described as a ‘close call’ by RNLI volunteers.
It is believed the boat was carrying illegal migrants and was overloaded.
Esther Hart, who wrote the letter, survived that day.
Anger is said to be spreading over the stalled rescue efforts as hundreds of passengers remain missing.
Nine people have already been confirmed dead, but 287 are unaccounted for.
I’m afraid there’s little chance for those trapped inside still to be alive,” one rescue official said.
With help from a much larger vessel, volunteers managed to save the yacht as well, though it was almost below the surface when they took the two sailors from it.
The sinking yesterday killed mostly women and children when the boat went down off Malta near the Italian island of Lampedusa where 300 died in another tragedy.
The ferry, which was carrying 831 passengers and crew, collided with a cargo ship and sank almost instantly.
The opening day of the trial was cut short after just a few minutes because of a national lawyers’ strike.
Residents are questioning if the land is haunted and have considered asking local Native American tribes if the hilltop was an ancient graveyard.
One incident involved a cruiser with a failed engine and the RNLI crew also assisted two people who abandoned ship after it began to sink.
Items on display include a leather suitcase purchased at Harrods, a number of photographs and a hand-painted fan.
An investigation showed that crew only appear to have had about 4 – 5 hours of sleep during a 40 hour period.
Three people were rescued after the boat was swamped at Freagh Point, while post mortems will be carried out on the two fishermen who died off Spanish Point.
Speaking on Italian TV, Francesco Schettino says he was sorry that 32 people died when his ship ran aground in January – but also blamed “destiny” for the tragedy.
American businessman Gregg Bemis bought the remains of the vessel for £1,000 back in 1968 but has agreed to donate some items to the State after a long-standing dispute.
Michael D Higgins will also recognise the trojan efforts of the people of Union Hall during the extensive sea search last January.
The $7 billion project which could be the answer to the city’s flooding and the threat of rising sea levels…
The significance of this picture was only discovered long after it was taken by a seaman on another liner cruising off Newfoundland at the time Titanic sank.
Commemorations are taking place in Cobh, Belfast, and Southampton to mark the centenary of one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history.
Men are more likely to survive sinking ships than women and children – and captains are more likely to make it than their passengers, according to new research.
A seven-year-old boy is among eight people believed dead after a fishing boat sank in rough weather off the coast of southern New Zealand yesterday.
Fourteen residents of the small village of Lahardane were on board the Titanic when it sank one hundred years ago next month.
Rescuers continue to work to save the 350 people who were on board the vessel.
An investigation has been launched into the ship running aground as the search for survivors continues.
Cruise following the route of the Titanic’s maiden journey is to set sail from Southampton in April 2012.
Two children, aged eight and ten, were among a few survivors found clinging to wreckage.
Arts Minister Jimmy Deenihan hints that the Irish Film Board might be due to announce other new projects coming to film here as he visits set of major series starring Neve Campbell.
Jeremiah Burke wrote a goodbye note and threw it overboard in a bottle – a year after his death in the disaster, it washed up near his former home.
Dozens of children are feared dead after a tourist boat sank in Russia. There are reports that the ship was overcrowded when it ran into a sudden storm.