Investigation Launched After Ferry Sinks Off Coast of Guyana
Rescuers have pulled 67 people from the water as helicopters, planes and fishing vessels search a 1,000-square-mile area, officials said.
- The ferry MV Barima capsized off Guyana's coast on Saturday night while traveling from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, leaving 27 confirmed dead and 83 people missing among 179 passengers aboard.
- Authorities detained the captain and a crew member after they tested positive for marijuana, while discrepancies in the passenger manifest prevented officials from accurately determining how many people were aboard.
- Public Works Minister Juan Edghill expanded the search to 1,040 square kilometers and condemned the longstanding practice of selling seats for cash without recording passengers as "a criminal action."
- On Monday, President Irfaan Ali visited survivors and families while Prime Minister Mark Phillips launched an investigation into potential negligence by police, defense force, and maritime administration officials.
- Rescuers supported by oil and gas sector vessels with scanners continue searching as Edghill characterized the sinking as the country's worst marine disaster in decades, despite the vessel's licensed safety capacity.
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41 Dead in Guyana Ferry Disaster… Circumstances Including Passenger Passenger Manipulation and Drugs
(Mexico City = Yonhap News) Correspondent Song Gwang-ho = The death toll from the recent passenger ship capsizing accident off the coast of Guyana in South America has risen to 41.
Guyana’s authorities have raised 27 bodies recovered after overturning this Saturday night the MV Barima ferry, with about 180 people on board, off the coast of the Caribbean country, in an event that has resulted in 69 rescued and more than 80 missing. The ferry was headed to Port Kaituma after leaving at 3.15 p.m. on Saturday (local time). At 23.01 the Timheri control tower received a distress message that has mobilized the emergency services,…
The cause of the tragedy is still unknown. The captain of the boat has been tested positive for cannabis.
At least 27 people have died and 69 others have been rescued after the wreck of the ship MV Barima, which was travelling with 179 passengers from Georgetown to Port Kaituma, Guyana. Local authorities have found the boat after it sank Saturday night off the North Atlantic coast. Guyana's prime minister, Mark Phillips, said that the number of people on board increased from 133 to 179, after reviewing the images recorded during the ferry's boarding…
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