Tonga ferry death toll could rise to more than 60
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Sandra Speares
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last modified
Aug 18, 2009 10:27 AM
Rescue mission: the ferry Pulupaki arrives with survivors at Pangai on Tonga’s Lifuka Island after the Princess Ashika sank last Wednesday.
MORE than 60 people are feared to have been lost following the sudden capsize of inter-island ferry Princess Ashika off the coast of Tonga on August 5.
Two people have been confirmed dead, with 54 survivors recovered. Maritime New...
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