NEWS FROM THE FRONTLINE: “An Australian Customs patrol boat had to rescue about 40 asylum-seekers at the weekend after accidentally ripping the bow of the boat away and causing it to start sinking.: Multiple sources have told Fairfax Media that the patrol boat was trying to tow the fishing vessel when it damaged the front of the vessel, causing it to take on water. The fishing boat’s engines had stopped about 20 kilometres off Christmas Island but it is unclear whether Customs was at the time of the incident trying to tow the boat back towards Indonesia or to Christmas Island. The incident happened on Friday night and the asylum-seekers were offloaded at Christmas Island on Sunday morning.“ So much for care and all the other Health and Safety stuff we keep hearing about. Another important point for boat watchers to note is the delay in offloading the refugees to Christmas Island. archiearchive.wordpress/2013/11/19/refugee-boat-timeline-updated-to-november-19th/ smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/bow-ripped-off-asylum-boat-as-customs-attempted-to-tow-it-20131119-2xsan.html#ixzz2l3A1zVyY
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 02:48:13 +0000
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