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Passenger died after ferry grounding
The "Mutiara Persada I" with about 100 passengers on board sufferd a blackout and ran aground one mile of Port Bakauheni, Lampung, in the Sunda Strait, late at night on May 17, 2015. The accident happened shortly after leaving Bakauheni en route to Merak, West Java. The port authorities were notified about grounding aon May 18 at 06.35 a.m. While the vessel spent the night aground, one passenger died from a heart attack. A tug was sent, and the ferry was refloated and towed back to port.
Grounded ferry evacuated
The "Mutiara Persada I" ran aground on Apr 26, 2015, around 8 p.m. shortly after leaving Bakauheni at the southern tip of Sumatra in the Sunda Strait in severe weather. The vessel was bound for Merak when it ran onto a reef one kilometer off the port. All passengers on board were evacuated by the morning of Apr 27. The ship was still aground in the run of the day, but no water ingress reported. Indonesian reports with photos: http://www.tribunnews.com/regional/2015/04/27/akibat-cuaca-ekstrem-di-bakauheni-kmp-mutiara-persada-kandas http://lampung.tribunnews.com/2015/04/27/foto-proses-evakuasi-penumpang-kmp-mutiara-persada-yang-kandas http://news.detik.com/read/2015/04/27/115619/2898993/10/dihantam-gelombang-tinggi-kapal-roro-merak-bakauheni-nyangkut-di-karang
All passengers safe - ship suffered scratches
The officers and crew of the "Super Ferry 1" with the help of the Philippine Coast Guard have completed the safe transfer of 618 passengers to Coron port after the vessel ran aground in the night of Dec 5, 2011. There were no reported injuries and initial dives revealed only minor scratches on the hull of the slightly listing vessel. The "Super Ferry 1" was navigating its common route when it unexpectedly beached 19 nautical miles off Coron. Preliminary reports revealed the water was unusually shallow that evening due to low tide. The company dispatched the "Super Ferry 2", which was set to arrive in Coron at noon on Dec 5 to carry the passengers back to Manila.
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