船上载50人!孟加拉渡轮碰撞翻覆23人淹死 潜水员搜救失踪者

孟加拉渡轮翻覆,尸体被堆置在船上。(图/路透

文/中央社达卡29日综合外电报导

孟加拉消防部门官员霍森(Enayet Hossain)今天表示,孟加拉首都达卡一艘渡轮与另艘渡轮碰撞后翻覆,造成23人淹死与数十人失踪。

霍森表示:「截至目前为止,我们从沉没的渡轮寻获23具尸体。」她说「船上有50人…我们的搜救潜水员仍在搜寻中。」

渡轮「晨鸟号」(Morning Bird)在法拉什甘杰区(Farashganj)被另艘渡轮撞上,距离孟加拉最大河港萨达格(Sadarghat)仅数公尺。

数位目击者告诉当地电视台,这艘船搭载50多人,许多人困在船舱里。由于孟加拉许多造船厂的安全标准欠佳,渡轮事故司空见惯天候恶劣时,渡轮常因超载而沉没。

A passenger vessel named MV Morning Bird had a collision with MV Moyur, a launch plying on #Dhaka-Chandpur route & capsized with on board passengers in river. Few passengers managed to swim to the river bank,but many remained missing. 30 bodies have been recovered. #Bangladesh pic.twitter.com/cU9WqBE5U9