Wednesday, August 05, 2009

MV Princess Ashika Ferry Sinks Off Coast of Tonga (Families Want National Emergency Declared)

***UPDATE2 (August 30, 2009) --> Mass Burial at Sea for 74 MV Princess Ashika Victims


***UPDATE - MV Princess Ashika Update (List of Confirmed Missing Passengers / New Zealand Navy Finds Wreckage). Ninety-three (93) people are thought missing in the tragedy.

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This is a news story that needs to get some coverage here in the United States. Nevertheless, it appears that New Zealand is providing assistance to determine if there are any people floating around in the ocean right now trying to survive. The MV Princess Ashika ferry sank fifty-three (53) miles off the Tongan coast last night near Nuku'alofa. While fifty-two (52) people have been rescued, unfortunately there are 27 people still missing.

Tonga Broadcasting Corporation has been inundated with family and friends within the country and offshore wanting information on the rescued passengers...The ferry MV Princess Ashika was heading from Nuku'alofa to Ha'afeva, in the Nomuka Islands group, when it issued a mayday call just before 11pm last night.

Click here for the full audio report from 3news.co.nz!

Source: Fiji Times Online ; 3news.co.nz


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