What the records say
- When
- 15 Dec 2010
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 10.42° S, 105.67° E
Placed at the coordinates of the event it links, 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster.
2010 Christmas Island boat disaster
Migrant boat disaster off Christmas Island, Australia
On 15 December 2010, an Indonesian fishing boat carrying 89 asylum seekers and 3 crew members sank after being dashed against the rocks near Rocky Point, Christmas Island, an external Australian territory. 50 people died and 42 were rescued. The incident was the worst civilian maritime disaster in Australia in more than a century.
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