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At least 15 people have died this Monday in the southern Philippines a ferry heading to the island of Joló sinkslocated in the Mindanao region, with more than 300 passengers on board, according to local authorities. At the moment the causes of the incident are unknown.
Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) spokesperson Noemie Cayabyab said at least 15 people lost their lives in the sinking, while 28 remain missing and 316 survived the incident. This was detailed in an interview with the private channel One News collected by local means.
The incident “involved the passenger and cargo ship M/V Trisha Kerstin 3, operated by Aleson Shipping, which sank while en route to Joló, in the Sulu archipelago, around 1:50 local time (17:50 GMT on Sunday),” the Southwestern Mindanao division of the PCG said on Facebook.
A ferry carrying 342 passengers sank Monday morning in the southern Philippines, leaving at least eight dead, a local mayor said.
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The ferry left the port of Zamboanga City (southwestern Mindanao) around 9:20 p.m. local time Sunday (1:20 p.m. GMT), and was carrying 332 passengers and 27 crew members when it sank approximately 2.75 nautical miles northeast of Baluk-Baluk Island, in Basilan, according to the Coast Guard.
The Basilan authorities released a list of the people on board the vessel identified so far, all of them of Filipino nationality.
According to the registry, at least 216 adults, 63 students and six minors were traveling on the ferry, and among the deceased were a woman and a six month old baby.
“Rescue operations are being reinforced by commercial vessels, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, relevant government agencies and local government units,” the coast guard said.
Maritime accidents in the Philippines dozens of lives are claimed every yearthe majority in shipwrecks caused by bad weather, non-compliance with safety regulations, poor maintenance of equipment or overloading.
The most serious event in the modern history of commercial shipping occurred in the Philippines in 1987, when the ferry Doña Paz capsized in Leyte waters after colliding with an oil tanker, killing 4,341 people.