Tag Archive: maritime disaster

Sep
06
2009

SuperFerry 9 Sinks Off Zamboanga Coast (updated)

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September 6, 2009

Aboitizs SuperFerry 9

Aboitiz's SuperFerry 9

More than 900 passengers survived, 2 missing and 9 confirmed dead as MV SuperFerry 9 of Aboitiz Shipping sank off coast of Zamboanga del Norte earlier this morning of September 06, 2009. The ship was sailing from General Santos City in Mindanao to Iloilo City when the ship was reported to have listed towards the right side and sank in open waters at around 2 in the morning.

SuperFerry 9 listing to its right side off coast of Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

SuperFerry 9 listing to it's right side off coast of Zamboanga Peninsula, Philippines

As of the latest updates, nine are confirmed dead and 2 are still missing

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ABS-CBN News

Inquirer.net

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Aug
19
2009

Asia’s Titanic: MV Doña Paz Documentary Premieres at NatGeo Channel

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August 19, 2009

"Asia's Titanic" on National Geographic Channel

It was five days before Christmas in 1987 in a calm night in the Philippines MV Doña Paz of Sulpicio Lines set sail from Tacloban in Leyte to Manila. It was another Christmas vacation ferry trip when all of a sudden, it collided with an oil tanker off-coast of Mindoro, creating a fireball and inferno that claimed almost five thousand souls and only twenty four remain. A Christmas to remember…and claimed the title at the Guinness World Record as “The Worst Peace-time Maritime Disaster.” It was indeed Asia’s answer to the infamous Titanic. Read the rest of this entry »

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