Ferry sinks in Andamans, 21 dead

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Overcrowded tourist ferry sinks in Andamans, 21 dead

PORT BLAIR/CHENNAI: An overcrowded ferry with 45 passengers, most of them tourists, keeled over and sank off Viper Island, 500 metres from the dockyards in Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, killing at least 21 people around 4pm on Sunday.

Source: Overcrowded tourist ferry sinks in Andamans, 21 dead - The Times of India

 

[Sakal Gharelu Ustad]

Seriously, when would such avoidable accidents stop!

 

[W.G.Ewald]

Seriously, when would such avoidable accidents stop!

Does Indian Coast Guard inspect ferries, stop them if they are overloaded, or investigate these disasters?

 

[feathers]

Three detained in connection with Andaman ferry tragedy - The Hindu

 

[Blackwater]

PORT BLAIR/CHENNAI: An overcrowded ferry with 45 passengers, most of them tourists, keeled over and sank off Viper Island, 500 metres from the dockyards in Port Blair in the Andaman & Nicobar Islands, killing at least 21 people around 4pm on Sunday.


typical indian , ferry design to carry 21 was carrying 45 with no safety gear on board.