Sinking of MV Spice Islander I
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For the 2012 disaster, see MV Skagit.
On 10 September 2011, MV Spice Islander I, a passenger ferry carrying over 2,000 passengers, sank off the coast of Zanzibar. The ferry was travelling between Unguja and Pemba, two islands off the coast of mainland Tanzania, when it capsized. Early estimates put the death toll at around 200, but a report published by the Tanzanian government in January 2012 claimed that over 1,500 people had been killed.
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Date | 10 September 2011 |
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Time | 2100 hours EAT |
Location | Zanzibar Channel, Indian Ocean |
Cause | Overloading |
Outcome | between 200 and 1,500 deaths |
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