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November 12, 2024
Italian Sea Group's chief executive stated on Tuesday that the company is not responsible for the sinking of Mike Lynch’s superyacht which resulted in the death of the British tech billionaire Mike Lynch and six other people. The Bayesian, a luxury yacht built by Perini Navi in 2008…
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November 8, 2024
The coastguard reported on Friday that authorities in Comoros arrested a suspected people smuggler for an incident where traffickers intentionally capsized a vessel last week and killed at least 25 people aboard. Fahmy Husny el-nassib is the head of the Comorian Coastguard.
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November 7, 2024
An official from the Jeju City Government said that two people were killed and 12 still remain missing after a boat capsized in the waters near South Korea's Jeju Island on Friday. Officials said that they had lost track of a boat leaving the port of Busan, South Korea in the early morning hours.
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October 29, 2024
Two Egyptian security sources reported that a dozen Egyptian migrants were believed dead when their boat capsized on Monday off the coast near the town of Tobruk in eastern Libya. One man was rescued. Sources said that the 13 men left for Italy on a people-smugglers boat Sunday night.
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October 28, 2024
The national guard reported on Monday that the Tunisian coastguard had recovered 16 bodies from the sea off the coasts of Maloulech and Salakta. This is the latest boat tragedy in the Mediterranean. The bodies were discovered at the weekend, and then again on Monday.
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October 23, 2024
A local French authority reported that two migrants died after a boat carrying an entire group capsized on Wednesday off the coasts of Calais. This highlights the difficulties facing the British and French government in their efforts to combat illegal immigration.
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October 19, 2024
At least seven people died after a part of a dock collapsed and sent at least 20 boats into the Atlantic off the coast Georgia, U.S. The U.S. Coast Guard searched for missing persons on Saturday night. Authorities said that the accident, which caused multiple injuries as well…
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October 16, 2024
The Greek coastguard announced late Tuesday that it had recovered the bodies and rescued 27 migrants after their boat capsized off the island Kos, in the southeast Aegean sea. It added that three coastguard vessels and a commercial vessel searched for additional people in the region.
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October 15, 2024
The Russian authorities announced on Tuesday that they had rescued the man, whose boat drifted in the waters of the northwest Pacific for 67 consecutive days. However, his brother and nephew perished during the ordeal. Images on social media…
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October 12, 2024
Mayra Ruiz, a Cuban mother, wakes up every day wondering if she will hear from her son Maiquel Gonzalez. Gonzalez vanished without a trace on December 20, 2022, along with 28 family members and friends who fled to Florida in a homemade boat.
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October 12, 2024
Mayra Ruiz, a Cuban mother, wakes up every day wondering if she will hear from her son Maiquel Gonzalez. Gonzalez vanished without a trace on December 20, 2022, along with 28 family members and friends who fled to Florida in a homemade boat.
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October 3, 2024
On Thursday, Colonel Molatelo Motau of SADC's mission in Democratic Republic of Congo announced that 40 people were rescued and 23 bodies recovered following a boating accident on Lake Kivu. Video seen by showed the boat tipping sideways and then capsizing in calm water.
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October 3, 2024
A local official reported that at least 60 people died after a boat capsized in northern Niger State, Nigeria. The boat was carrying mostly women and young children who were returning from a religious celebration. Jibril Abdullahi Muregi said…
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September 27, 2024
The coastguard of Greece said that it recovered a woman's body and rescued fifteen migrants after their boat capsized on Friday off the island Kos, in the eastern Aegean sea. Separately, on Friday the coastguard rescued some 78 migrants who…
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September 26, 2024
According to sources and a report on the accident, at least four people are dead after an oil barge sank in Venezuela's Lake Maracaibo. The barge was operated by a contractor for the state-run PDVSA energy company. The report said that another…
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September 23, 2024
The military reported on Monday that at least 30 bodies in decomposition were discovered in a boat floating 70 km (38 miles) off Dakar's coast, the capital of Senegal. In a military statement, it was revealed that the navy had been informed…
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September 23, 2024
State television reported that three migrants had died and at least another 25 people were missing after the boat they were on sank off the Greek Island of Samos. The Greek coastguard has said that it has rescued five migrants to date. A search…
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September 18, 2024
On Wednesday, a German woman was killed by a shark after being attacked while swimming alongside her catamaran between Spain's Canary Islands & West Africa. The 30-year-old woman was traveling on a catamaran which had left Gran Canaria Island on September 14.
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September 16, 2024
Five people were rescued and three died when a fishing vessel capsized off the west coast of South Korea. The coast guard reported this on Monday. Yonhap reported that two South Koreans, and one Indonesian were among the dead. His office reported…
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September 14, 2024
Local officials reported on Saturday that at least 64 people are believed to be dead after a boating accident in Zamfara State, in the northwest of Nigeria. On Saturday morning, a wooden boat with 70 farmers on board capsized while transporting them to their farmlands near Gummi town.
