The MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria

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20. Sept. 2018

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1.88° S, 33.02° E

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The MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers.

Platziert: coordinates of the event it links, Sinking of MV Nyerere.

The MV Nyerere capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing at least 228 passengers

2018 ferry accident in Tanzania

MV Nyerere was a Tanzanian ferry that capsized on 20 September 2018 while travelling between the islands of Ukerewe and Ukara on Lake Victoria. The Tanzanian government have declared that 228 people died as a result of the capsizing while 41 could be rescued. The capsized ferry was successfully righted, retrieved and unloaded more than one week after the disaster.

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