How was the Philippine passenger ship killed in 1987?

At about 22 o'clock on December 2, 1987, in the waters between Marinduk Island and Mindoro Island, about 16 kilometers south of Manila, the Philippine capital, the passenger ship "Dona Paz" violently collided with the 629-ton tanker "Victor", and more than 1,6 people (estimated to be 3, people) were killed by the ruthless sea. This is the worst shipwreck in world peace time.

at 5: a.m. on December 2th, 1987, the passenger ship "Dona Paz" moored in Taclobanlate Island, Philippines, sounded a long whistle and signaled that it was about to set sail. 1493 passengers who want to go to Manila to gather with relatives and friends for Christmas boarded the ferry with tickets.

At this time, hundreds of people without tickets rushed to the ticket gate, rushed away from the Coast Guard, and forcibly boarded the ship. This passenger ship with 1,518 passengers was crowded with nearly 3, people, which was greatly overloaded.

more than half an hour later, with a long whistle, the 2215-ton passenger ship slowly left Leyte Island in the early morning and headed for Manila.

It's late at night, and the passenger ship "Dona Paz" has sailed to the sea near Marinduk Island, about 16 kilometers south of Manila. It only takes more than five hours to reach its destination in Manila. In the cabin, some passengers began to curl up their tired bodies and slowly fall asleep, while some talkative passengers were still killing time.

On the deck and in the dining room, there are only some people who are too excited, still talking about what to buy for Christmas, and counting the relatives who will go to the Manila pier to meet them. Suddenly someone shouted, look, there is light on the sea! People are curious to focus their attention on the bright spots looming in front of the Dona Paz. These bright spots are getting closer and closer ... Someone exclaimed, no, it's an oil tanker!

There was a deafening noise, and the 629-ton tanker Victor collided violently with the passenger ship. The tanker was carrying 8,3 barrels of oil and sailing to Masbat Island at full speed.

There was a violent vibration on the hull of the passenger ship, and at the same time there was a loud explosion sound. In an instant, all the lights on the ship went out, and the machine stopped running. Instead, there were a series of violent explosions and raging fires. Suddenly, the flames were blazing and the smoke was rolling, and the people in the cabin choked.

The sleepy people panicked in the face of the sudden disaster, and the whole ship broke into a terrible scream. Mother is calling; The children are crying; Pregnant women are screaming in despair. The ship was in a mess, and people called heaven and earth, as if the end of the world was coming.

crude oil flowed into the sea, and a raging fire broke out on the sea surface, which surrounded two ships. All the passengers on the deck of "Dona Paz" turned into flaming people in an instant. Their clothes were burnt out and their skin was burnt. There was no other way to live but to jump into the burning sea.

passengers in the cabin flocked to the deck. Unfortunately, no one climbed up, and the elevator was blocked by hundreds of people. A big hole was knocked in the middle of the left side of the ship "Dona Paz", and ruthless seawater flowed into the cabin, slowly drowning people's knees, necks and heads, drowning a hysterical cry ... < P > When the two ships collided, a passenger ship named "Don Claudio" was sailing 13 kilometers away. The fireball in the air was found by a sailor on board, and he immediately reported the situation to the captain.

Mei Lecio barranco, the captain of the passenger ship "Don Claudio", immediately ordered the helmsman to sail to the scene at full speed. At 22: 3, when approaching the fire, they soon found that two ships were burning, and they also concluded that one of them was an oil tanker because they smelled oil in the water. It was dark and nothing could be seen on the water. Captain barranco ordered the searchlight to be turned on to search the sea. The sailors were surprised to find that there was a layer of bodies floating in the sea, and some bodies were still burning in the fire. After more than three hours of searching, they rescued 26 survivors, including two crew members on the oil tanker Victor.

There are also five merchant ships passing through the waters to rescue the accident site. Although they tried their best to search, they found nothing.

The Dona Paz burned in the water for more than two hours and then sank at about 22: 4 midnight. The "Victor" oil tanker burned until about 2 am on the 21st, and then sank into the 53m deep sea.

At dawn, the sea is still so calm. There is no trace around the accident site, and the rescue boat has never found anyone alive. The passenger ship "Don Claudio" gave up the search and immediately sent all 26 survivors with burns to Manila.

at 6 o'clock in the morning on the 21st, that is, eight hours after the shipwreck, the Philippine government learned of the tragic news of the collision between the passenger ship "Dona Paz" and the oil tanker "Victor". It took another eight hours for the government to organize people from all sides to rescue. Military helicopters, airplanes, naval fleets and coast guards went to the scene of the accident to search for rescue. President Aquino also sent his own yacht to participate in the rescue work. At 14: 4 pm, at the request of the Philippine government, the Clark military base of the United States in the Philippines also sent three helicopters to the site for search.

The sea was calm, and there was nothing around the scene of the accident, leaving no trace. Rescuers can only roughly estimate the location of the sunken ship. Due to the lack of advanced diving tools, divers can't dive to the bottom of the 5-meter-deep sea to salvage the bodies on the sunken ship. The rescue and search work has always been carried out on the sea surface. Although the search expanded to more than 1 kilometers, until the evening, no survivors were found, only 1 bodies were salvaged.

As of December 16th, * * * found 41 bodies. According to rescuers, some bodies were naked, some were burnt, others were bloody and their faces were illegible, some were only half-length, some were missing arms or legs, and they were obviously bitten by sharks.

This shipwreck in the Philippines is the worst shipwreck in the peacetime of the world. How many people were killed is unknown at present, and an accurate figure may never be obtained. Some people estimate that there may be about 3, people, and the official estimate is about 2, people.

Philippine President Corazon Aquino said in a statement on the 22nd that "it is our greatest sorrow to suffer this tragedy near Christmas" after learning that the passenger ship "Dona Paz" collided and sank with the oil tanker "Victor". She called the accident a "national tragedy" and ordered the relevant departments to thoroughly investigate the beach accident.

The city of Manila is shrouded in a sad atmosphere at Christmas. Over the past few days, thousands of relatives of passengers on the passenger ship Dona Paz have gathered outside the Sulprizio Steamship Company to which the ship belongs. Some of them are crying, some are sobbing, some are sitting in front of the door waiting, and some are holding placards that read: "Let us meet whether we are dead or alive"; Our Christmas is the day of the dead. They are all suffering the same pain, eagerly looking forward to the return of their loved ones, or looking forward to the Christmas reunion. However, for the vast majority of family members, the long-awaited Christmas reunion has become a permanent separation from their loved ones. How can it not be heartbreaking!

The death of the Philippine liner Dona Paz was the worst shipwreck in the world peace period. No one knows how many people died after the accident. It is estimated that there may be about 3, people, and the pain it brought to the relatives of the victims is extremely painful.

The preliminary investigation report of the Philippine Shipwreck Investigation Committee thinks that overloading is the main cause of the accident, but this statement is rejected by those who disagree. They think that the main cause of the accident is that the helmsman of the passenger ship lacks skilled driving skills, and an experienced helmsman can avoid the accident after discovering the situation.

which is true or false? As the captains of both ships have disappeared, it is really a difficult problem to find out the cause of the crash. However, for the whole mankind, this maritime catastrophe should arouse people's understanding of sudden disasters.