Packed boat capsizes near remote Australian island SYDNEY 17/Jul: A boat carrying about 150 asylum seekers capsized in monstrous Indian Ocean waves, triggering a frantic rescue effort by Australian crews who saved nearly every passenger from the churning water, officials said Wednesday. Four people died after the boat rolled over Tuesday in choppy seas 125 kilometres north of Christmas Island, Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare told reporters. The Australian island is 500 kilometres south of Jakarta, Indonesia. The survivors, from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran and Iraq, were taken to Christmas Island, along with three Indonesian crew members. A navy ship was sent to assist the vessel after it was spotted by an aircraft patrol on Monday, Clare said.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:42:51 +0000
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