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Assam ferry sinking : ウィキペディア英語版 | Assam ferry sinking
On 30 April 2012, a ferry carrying about 350 passengers capsized in the Brahmaputra River in the Dhubri district of Assam in Northeast India.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Search for survivors after India ferry sinking )〕 The disaster killed at least 103 people. ==Incident== According to officials, the incident occurred when a packed steamer carrying over 300 passengers was caught in a storm and subsequently capsized. The incident occurred near the Fakiragram village in the Dhubri district, about west of Guwahati. The Superintendent of Police, Pradip Saloi, told ''The Hindu'': "The ferry, originating from Dhubri and going towards Hatsingimari, capsized near Fakirganj. We are not sure about the actual number of passengers. We have been told that there were 250–300 passengers. However, there were reports of many swimming to safety." Reuters reported that a police officer had said that the ferry had neither lifeboats nor life jackets and was overloaded with people and goods.〔 Most of the passengers were farmers and farm families from the local area.〔 A survivor said passengers had begged the skipper to beach the ferry on a sandbar when the storm hit midstream, but he refused. "Then the storm became more intense and the boat split into two parts before sinking," Ali was quoted as saying by Channel 4 News.〔
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