Ferry sinks on the east coast of Papua New Guinea

[penfold]

BBC link

The Rabaul Queen sank 10 miles off the Huon peninsula at the southern end of the Vitiaz Strait; 238 survivors rescued, perhaps 100 missing. Bad weather is being blamed. My standby ship's bigger than this thing, and it would be crowded with 100 on board.

[size4riggerboots]

Bad times. There's relatively feck all in the press about this one, guess our media only cares if europeans are involved.

[Steve]

Bad times. There's relatively feck all in the press about this one, guess our media only cares if europeans are involved.

Yes, but ferries sink all the time around the Philippines, Indonesia, etc. Not really newsworthy unless there's something special about it or a handful of Brits were in mild peril.