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Event: AC Tech. Disaster
Number: 2011-000117
Country: COM Comoros
Location: South-west coast of Grande Comore
Date (YMD): 2011-8-8
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Information Source:IFRC
Comments: More than 50 people have been killed in a shipwreck off the Comoros, Euronews reported. The passenger boat sunk in rough seas after its engines failed, according to initial reports. The vessel was ferrying more than 100 people from the capital Moroni to the island of Anjouan when it hit rocks off the coast of the main island. A large number of those on board managed to swim to safety ashore. Authorities say others perished in the submerged wreckage. Their remains will only be found when the seas calm.
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