Australia and US join Pacific search for sunken ferry
Wednesday, 31/01/2018 21:59 (GMT+7)
Australian and American rescue teams on January 29th agreed to join the search for survivors from the Kiribati ferry that capsized in the central Pacific more than a week ago.
(Source: BBC)
It was initially estimated that around 50 people were onboard, but according to Kiribati’s President, Taneti Mamau, up to 100 people may have been passengers.
New Zealand Defence Force Air Commodore Darryn Webb said the crew on a military Orion plane had used radar to locate a dinghy while searching for survivors.
The rescue effort is being run from Fiji by New Zealand’s rescue coordination centre, more than 2,000 km south-west of Kiribati, which has a population of around 100,000.
New Zealand's military said the survivors were six adults and an unconscious baby. The rescue centre said the survivors were three men, three women and a 14-year-old girl./.
Compiled by BTA
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