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''SuperFerry 9'' was a ferry owned by the Philippines-based carrier Aboitiz Transport System Corp (ATSC) and operated by their SuperFerry division.〔 〕 About 9am Sunday September 6, 2009, she sank off the south-west coast of Zamboanga Peninsula with a total of 971 passengers and crew aboard.〔Evangelista, Katherine (September 6, 2009). (Dozens missing as ship sinks in Zambo ). ''Philippine Daily Inquirer''.〕 The ferry was travelling from the southern city of General Santos City to Iloilo City in the central Philippines and capsized on the other side of the peninsular from Zamboanga City.〔( 88 missing after Philippine passenger ferry sinks ). Xinhua. September 6, 2009.〕 On Tuesday 8 September 2009 the last missing passenger was reported rescued and more up-to-date figures were provided by disaster response officials. The last survivor, a woman suffering serious injuries, was picked up by a passing fishing vessel shortly after the Superferry 9 sank on Sunday, the Office of Civil Defence in Manila said. On Monday, rescuers also plucked out from the sea another woman who had spent over 24 hours in the Sulu Sea with only her life vest to keep her afloat. "All 968 passengers and crew of the Superferry have now been accounted for, including nine fatalities", the civil defence office said.〔http://news.ph.msn.com/regional/article.aspx?cp-documentid=3572382 Agence France-Presse 9/8/2009 4:54 AM GMT〕 The civil defence figures were corrected the following night by the ship owners. As of 6pm Wednesday 9 September 2009, "961 crew members and passengers have been accounted for. Regretfully, there are 10 fatalities. 10 names in the official manifest cannot be physically matched but we also have 10 persons rescued and physically accounted for, whose names are not in the manifest".〔http://www.superferry.com.ph/news/news_view.asp?id=288 SUPERFERRY OFFICIAL ADVISORY SEPTEMBER 9, 6PM〕 == Construction == ''SuperFerry 9'', a 7,268-ton〔(Philippines: Tàu phà lật, 9 chết, 926 người được cứu. ) 〕 ship, was built in 1986 by Usuki Iron Works Ltd. at Saiki, Japan, and launched as the ''Ariake''. It was converted in 1995 in Cebu City for William Lines Incorporated and was renamed ''Mabuhay 5''. In 1996, the ship was renamed ''SuperFerry 9'' and has been operated by Aboitiz Transport System Corp (ATSC) since that time. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SuperFerry 9」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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