菲律宾撞船事故导致200多人失踪
2013年8月17日![Life rafts from the sunken ferry St. Thomas Aquinas float next a cargo ship (R) on August 17, 2013 whose bow was destroyed after a colliding with the ferry the night before off the town of Talisay near the Philippines' second largest city of Cebu. Philippine rescuers searched on August 17 for more than 200 people missing after the ferry collided with the cargo ship in thick darkness and sank almost instantly, with 26 already confirmed dead. AFP PHOTO / TED ALJIBE (Photo credit should read TED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images)](https://static.dw.com/image/17026424_800.webp)
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据菲律宾海岸警卫队公布的消息,周五晚间菲律宾海域发生货轮与渡轮相撞事故之后,迄今仍有200多人失踪。周六,潜水员潜入水下搜寻遇难者。据媒体报道,该艘名为“汤玛斯·艾奎纳斯号”(Thomas Aquinas)的渡轮与一艘集装箱货轮相撞后几分钟内便沉入大海。目前两船相撞的原因仍不清楚。船上乘客据称有692人获救,217人仍然下落不明。救援人员已经打捞了24具遇难者尸体。菲律宾海岸前经常发生导致众多人死亡的撞船事故。最严重的一次海难发生在1987年12月。当时,一艘渡轮与一艘油轮相撞,导致近4400人丧生。