Boat Disaster Lake Kivu, near Goma, DRC

[imhotep]

At least 78 people have died after a ferry capsized on Lake Kivu, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, just a few hundred metres from its destination.
The boat was travelling from the town of Minova in South Kivu and sank as it was arriving on Goma's shore on Thursday morning.
A video circulating online shows the boat tilting to one side and then sinking.
There were 278 passengers onboard, according to a regional governor.

"It'll take at least three days to get the exact numbers, because not all the bodies have been found yet," Governor Jean Jacques Purisi told Reuters news agency.

 

[u_make_me_sick_]

Why didn't the other boat go to help them?

 

[Stimulus mind]

 

[your_love]

Why did it capsize? Was it due to overcrowding?

 

[imhotep]

Why did it capsize? Was it due to overcrowding?

Of course... These disasters are common. Last month there was one on the river Kwango. Overcrowded, no passenger manifest and many are unable to swim.

 

[luk3r]

ferry kiyanne itin pawena mini petti

 

[imhotep]

ferry kiyanne itin pawena mini petti

Yes... but people consider it's safer than road transport. Rebel fighting on the roads has made the roads impassable for the common man.

 

[NRTG]

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[Jiro]

 

[ruka!]

Isn't it mandatory to wear life jackets on these ferry rides?

 

[imhotep]

Isn't it mandatory to wear life jackets on these ferry rides?

There were no life jackets on this vessel.