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Al Jazeera
15-07-2025
- Climate
- Al Jazeera
Seven rescued, 11 missing after boat capsizes off Indonesia's Mentawai
Rescuers in Indonesia are searching for 11 people who went missing after a boat capsized in bad weather off the Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra province, according to a local search and rescue agency. Dozens of rescuers and two boats were at the site of the disaster on Tuesday, and seven of the 18 people on board the boat have been rescued, the agency said in a statement. The vessel capsized at about 11am on Monday (04:00 GMT) as it sailed around the Mentawai Islands. It had departed Sikakap, a small town in the Mentawai Islands, and was heading to another small town, Tuapejat. Of 18 people on board, 10 were local government officials. 'Our focus is on combing the area around the estimated accident site to find all victims,' said Rudi, the head of the Mentawai search and rescue agency. He did not give a cause for the boat capsizing, but marine accidents are a regular occurrence in the Southeast Asian archipelago of approximately 17,000 islands, in part due to lax safety standards or bad weather. On July 3, a ferry carrying 65 people sank off the popular resort island of Bali, killing at least 18 people. In March, a boat carrying 16 people capsized in rough waters off Bali, killing an Australian woman and injuring at least one other person. In 2018, more than 150 people drowned when a ferry sank in one of the world's deepest volcanic lakes on Sumatra island.
CNA
15-07-2025
- General
- CNA
11 missing after boat capsizes in western Indonesia
JAKARTA: At least 11 people are missing after a boat capsized off Indonesia's western island of Sumatra, a local search and rescue agency said in a statement on Tuesday (Jul 15). The vessel reportedly capsized around 11am (12pm, Singapore time) on Monday as it sailed around the Mentawai islands, an archipelago off the west coast of Sumatra, the Mentawai search and rescue agency said. Seven of the 18 people on board the boat were rescued, it said. Rescuers were focusing their search around the location of the accident, said Mentawai search and rescue agency head Rudi, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. "Our focus is on combing the area around the estimated accident site to find all victims," Rudi said in a statement. He did not give a cause for the boat capsizing, but marine accidents are a regular occurrence in the Southeast Asian archipelago of around 17,000 islands, in part due to lax safety standards or bad weather. On Jul 3, a ferry sank off the popular resort island of Bali, killing at least 18 people. In March, a boat carrying 16 people capsized in rough waters off Bali, killing an Australian woman and injuring at least one other person.
BBC News
10-07-2025
- BBC News
Fisherman drowned after equipment pulled him overboard
A lone fisherman was dragged overboard by his equipment and drowned, a marine accident investigation has MacLachlan was creel fishing while near the Isle of Luing, off the Argyll coast, when the tragedy occurred on 13 December 2023. A report found the 58-year-old became entangled in a rope while releasing creels and was dragged through an opening at the back of his boat, Nista, into the sea. The Marine Accident Investigation Branch said the accident showed that creel operations pose "persistent and enduring hazards" to the lives of fishermen. After Mr MacLachlan was pulled overboard, the unmanned vessel continued to motor away and grounded three hours later on a shoal to the north of report said he would have been pulled along behind the vessel and the weight of the creels would have dragged him underwaterThe skipper's body was later recovered entangled in what was described as a "perfect knot". There was no effective means for him to separate himself from the fishing gear or to raise any alarm from the water, meaning once he was pulled overboard he had "little chance of survival", the report found. The investigators wrote: "The circumstances of this accident highlight the persistent and enduring hazard that the dangers of creel and potting operations continue to pose to the lives of fishermen."The report made no specific recommendations, but said there was a general lack of awareness of the hazards when using single-handed fishing MacLachlan was a career fisherman approaching retirement, who fished single-handed four to five times a week. He was known to be safety conscious and to show concern for others at sea, the report found.
E&E News
09-06-2025
- E&E News
Worker dies aboard vessel working on Empire Wind
A crew member died last week while aboard a vessel working on Empire Wind 1, an offshore wind project near New York. The incident occurred June 2 aboard the Polaris, a U.S. flagged supply vessel operated by Tidewater. The fatality was confirmed by Equinor, the project developer, which said the incident occurred while a crew member was performing vessel maintenance on a ship preparing to work on Empire Wind. Additional details were not released. 'This is a tragic marine accident,' said Molly Morris, senior vice president for Equinor Renewables Americas. 'Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and colleagues who have lost a loved one. We extend our deepest condolences to all those affected.' Advertisement The Coast Guard command center in New York 'was notified of a medevac on the vessel POLARIS and reported that a crew member was unconscious from being electrocuted,' said Coast Guard spokesperson Breanna Boardman. At the time, the 'vessel was about 27 miles off the New York Harbor' and a rescue swimmer landed and the crew member was transported to the hospital for treatment, Boardman said.
Yahoo
18-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Mexican navy ship strikes Brooklyn Bridge, killing two people
May 18 (UPI) -- Two people are dead after a Mexican marine navy vessel struck a bridge in Brooklyn Saturday, snapping the ship's three masts and leaving some crew members hanging high above the water waiting for rescuers to arrive. New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the 142-year old bridge did not sustain major damage, but at least 19 people aboard the vessel needed medical attention. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the accident. Witnesses said the vessel, named the Cuauhtemoc, was traveling rapidly in reverse along the East River on the Brooklyn side and hit the bridge, snapping its three masts one at a time as the boat kept moving. No one on the bridge was reported to have been injured. Ship traffic was heavy on the river when the collision occurred at about 8:20 p.m. EDT, video from local news outlet video showed. The ship, flying a large Mexican flag, which had 277 people onboard, drifted into a pier on the riverbank. The boasts mass were strung with white lights which crumpled and fell in succession as they struck the bridge. Mexican President Claudia Scheinbaum said on X that the country was in solidarity with the family members of the two crew members who died in the accident and mourning their loss. The Mexican navy said the Cuauhtemoc is a training vessel and that 22 of its crew members were injured. The Brooklyn Bridge opened in 1883 and spans 1,660 feet across the East River and is supported by two masonry towers. Roughly 100,000 vehicles cross the bridge every day, along with 32,000 pedestrians, according to the city's transportation department. The bridge has long been a major tourist attraction.
