Posted on 06/22/2008 3:02:57 AM PDT by HAL9000
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Rescuers who have reached a ferry sunk by a typhoon in the Philippines and carrying more than 700 people say they have recovered only three survivors.The Princess of the Star ran aground after being hit by massive waves caused by typhoon Fengshen.
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Terrible.
Praying for them and their families.
Overloaded ferry + typhoon = disaster. Check.
Yea ...You don’t sail during a typhoon .
And don’t they overload those ferries by factors, too? Why don’t they build more ferries, so they can carry less?
Just curious.
Reports say that the ferry had a capacity of nearly 2,000, and it sailed with only six hundred passengers, with a hundred and twenty crew, so in this case it wasn't an overloaded ferry. And apparently the ferry set sail well before the storm, and lost engine power en route. Ferry in the open water with no engines in the middle of a typhoon is the cause of loss.
Very sad. Just horrible.
” And apparently the ferry set sail well before the storm, and lost engine power en route. Ferry in the open water with no engines in the middle of a typhoon is the cause of loss. “
They set sail well before the storm but help couldn’t arrive in time ? Something doesn’t add up .
I will bet some serious money and give two to one odds that that boat was well over its capacity.
Photos - Interior Of The Princess Of The Stars
http://homepage2.nifty.com./honsyuutetudou/Princess_Of_The_Stars.htm
Shame on the carrier for venturing out in a storm like that in a “dog” vessel like this. Should any of the survivors or the management be left, they need to go to jail.
They set sail well before the storm but help couldn’t arrive in time ? Something doesn’t add up .
I believe the second half of the sentence does the math.
Prayers for all aboard.
Did the storm push them into the rocks, or were they already close to shore somewhere? If so, and having lost an engine with a typhoon coming, why not try to offload some passengers?
Offload them to where?
If the boat has even a shallow 10 ft draft and it bottoms out in a shallows, it doesn't mean there's any land nearby. Everyone can still drown. In fact, shallow water during a storm surge could be even more dangerous than other open water.
That would require working.
Only four people are so far known to have survived the ferry disaster and they said many passengers did not make it off the MV Princess of Stars in time.Very sad. Prayers for the families.Crowded life-rafts sank in the cold, storm-tossed seas whipped up Typhoon Fengshen's 120mph winds.
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"There was just one announcement over the megaphone, about 30 minutes before the ship tilted to its side. Immediately after I jumped, the ship tilted, the older people were left on the ship."
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The Princess of Stars ran aground at first but the coastguards and other services were unable to reach it because of huge swells and bad weather caused by Typhoon Fengshen, which has been crossing central Philippines.
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