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Kecelakaan kapal di Filipina tewaskan puluhan penumpang
Sedikitnya 24 orang tewas dan lebih dari 280 hilang setelah sebuah kapal feri tenggelam pasca tabrakan dengan kapal kargo di Filipina.
Kapal MV Thomas Aquinas, tengah membawa 692 penumpang saat bertabrakan dengan kapal kargo Jumat malam dekat pusat kota Cebu, Filipina, demikian pernyataan pejabat setempat.
Kapal angkatan laut dan penjaga pantai dibantu perahu nelayan dilaporkan sejauh ini berhasil menyelamatkan lebih dari 570 orang.
Insiden terjadi sekitar 2km lepas pantai saat kapal tengah berlayar dari Nasipit di provinsi Agusan del Sur menuju pelabuhan Cebu, kota terbesar kedua di Filipina.
"Tabrakannya sangat kencang," kata Rachel Capuno, seorang juru bicara pemilik kapal feri kepada radio setempat.
Kantor berita AFP melaporkan, kapal feri tenggelam 30 menit setelah tabrakan.
Korban selamat mengatakan ratusan penumpang langsung lompat ke laut saat feri mulai tenggelam. Awak kapal juga terlihat memberikan jaket pelampung.
Pencarian korban
Banyak penumpang dalam keadaan tertidur dan yang lainnya berjuang untuk mencari jalan keluar di dalam kegelapan.
Salah seorang yang selamat, Jerwin Agudong, mengatakan dia dan penumpang lainnya melompat ke laut di depan kapal kargo.
"Sepertinya banyak orang tidak bisa keluar," kata Agudong kepada radio DZBB. "Saya kasihan dengan anak-anak. Kami melihat banyak jenazah, dan beberapa diselamatkan."
"Mereka menggunakan lampu sorot untuk mencari korban di perairan, tetapi masih ada kemungkinan terlewati. Tim penyelamat mencoba mencari mereka semua," kata Joy Villagas, seorang petugas penjaga pantai di Manila kepada AFP.
Villagas mengatakan masih terlalu dini untuk menyimpulkan penyebab tabrakan.
Komandan penjaga pantai Cebu Weniel Azcuna kepada wartawan mengatakan kapal kargo, Sulpicio Express 7, memiliki 36 awak kapal tidak turut tenggelam dalam insiden ini.
Kecelakaan maritim sering terjadi di kepulauan Filipina yang disebabkan oleh cuaca buruk tropis, kapal yang minim perawatan dan lemahnya penegakan hukum.
Kecelakaan maritim terburuk di Filipina berlangsung Desember 1987 silam, saat itu lebih dari 4.000 orang tewas saat feri Dona Paz bertabrakan dengan sebuah kapal tangki.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/indonesia/dunia...filipina.shtml
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Many dead after Philippine ferry sinks
At least 26 dead after ferry with 870 passengers aboard sank following collision with cargo ship.
A passenger said crew of the ferry distributed life jackets while the vessel sank slowly [AP]
At least 26 people have died and more than 200 people are missing after a ferry with nearly 900 people on board sank near the central Philippine port of Cebu.
A vessel collided with a domestic cargo ship on Friday night on route for Manila, said Rear Admiral Luis Tuazon.
Some 690 of people have been rescued from the waters by dozens of fishing boats that rushed to the area, local radio reported.
Passenger Jerwin Agudong told radio station DZBB that some people were trapped and he saw bodies in the water.
"It seems some were not able to get out. I pity the children. We saw dead bodies on the side, and some being rescued," he said.
The passenger said the crew of the ferry distributed life jackets while the ship was slowly sinking.
The captain of the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas ordered the ship abandoned after it began listing and then sank after hitting the cargo vessel, coastguard officer Joy Villegas said.
Two coastguard vessels and other nearby ships were involved in the rescue operation not far from the port of Cebu, Villegas said.
Accidents at sea are common in the Philippine archipelago because of frequent storms, badly maintained boats and weak enforcement of safety regulations.
In 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker in the Philippines, killing more than 4,000 people in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
In 2008, the ferry MV Princess of the Stars capsised during a typhoon in the central Philippines, killing nearly 800 people.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-p...230244458.html
At least 26 dead after ferry with 870 passengers aboard sank following collision with cargo ship.
A passenger said crew of the ferry distributed life jackets while the vessel sank slowly [AP]
At least 26 people have died and more than 200 people are missing after a ferry with nearly 900 people on board sank near the central Philippine port of Cebu.
A vessel collided with a domestic cargo ship on Friday night on route for Manila, said Rear Admiral Luis Tuazon.
Some 690 of people have been rescued from the waters by dozens of fishing boats that rushed to the area, local radio reported.
Passenger Jerwin Agudong told radio station DZBB that some people were trapped and he saw bodies in the water.
"It seems some were not able to get out. I pity the children. We saw dead bodies on the side, and some being rescued," he said.
The passenger said the crew of the ferry distributed life jackets while the ship was slowly sinking.
The captain of the ferry MV Thomas Aquinas ordered the ship abandoned after it began listing and then sank after hitting the cargo vessel, coastguard officer Joy Villegas said.
Two coastguard vessels and other nearby ships were involved in the rescue operation not far from the port of Cebu, Villegas said.
Accidents at sea are common in the Philippine archipelago because of frequent storms, badly maintained boats and weak enforcement of safety regulations.
In 1987, the ferry Dona Paz sank after colliding with a fuel tanker in the Philippines, killing more than 4,000 people in the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster.
In 2008, the ferry MV Princess of the Stars capsised during a typhoon in the central Philippines, killing nearly 800 people.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-p...230244458.html
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