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Mystic Sinks

Mystic Sinks

motor vessel Mystic

The 206 foot motor vessel Mystic capsized and sank near Damas Cay, Bahamas. The vessel requested assistance after it had struct a submerged object resulting in water ingress into the vessel. The crew attempted to pump out the water, but the rate of water ingress was too much. The 10 member crew abandoned the vessel into liferafts when the vessel was close to capsizing. All 10 crew onboard were rescued and reported safe. Reports state pollution is likely to be released from the 8000 gallons of diesel fuel onboard the Mystic when it sank.

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Congo Ferry Accidents

Congo Ferry Accidents

DRC, orthographic projection.
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A ferry overloaded with some 300 people capsized on the Kasai river near the village of Mbendayi. This remote village is located near the border between Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo. The ferry‘s engine caught fire which lead to the vessel to capsize. Reports state that some 200 have drowned with only 15 survivors. Another report had local fishermen refusing to help passengers in the water, but instead looting the cargo on the burning vessel. It also states that fishermen were beating people with oars.

Another ferry capsized in the northwest Equateur Province, Congo. The vessel struck a rock and capsized. Of the 100 estimated onboard, only 15 people survived.

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