November 2009 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
- November 2009 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster
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The November 2009 Indian Ocean Migrant Boat Disaster occurred in the early hours of Monday, 2 November 2009, when a boat carrying about forty Sri Lankan asylum seekers sank in the Indian Ocean at a distance of some 350 nautical miles (650 km) north-west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. According to the initial reports made the same day, more than 20 migrants were missing after 17 had been accounted for and/or saved by the RAAF and the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. The day after on November 3, 2009, one migrant was confirmed dead, his body having been found, and at least eleven were reported as missing.
The boat had issued a distress signal late Sunday night and it was detected in international waters within Australia's search and rescue zone. Two vessels responded to the initial distress call, a commercial ship carrying liquid natural gas, the trawler named FV Kuamg. It is believed the migrant boat capsized during attempts to rescue the passengers made by the two vessels, who could nevertheless pick up more than a dozen survivors before the arrival of the Australian authorities.
See also
- 2010 Christmas Island boat disaster
- SIEV X
Sources
Coordinates: 7°17′20.21″S 90°20′44.82″E / 7.2889472°S 90.3457833°E / -7.2889472; 90.3457833
Categories:
- International maritime incidents
- Immigration to Australia
- Migrant boat incidents
- Maritime incidents in 2009
- 2009 in Australia
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