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Boat with 92 passengers sank in the Amazon, two missing
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-11 05:36
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BRASILIA - Two people were declared missing after a boat with 92 passengers aboard sank early Wednesday in a river located in the Brazilian Amazon, official sources said.
According to the spokesmen for the Amazon state's Fire Department, the other passengers were rescued by a boat nearby.
The sinking of the ship A. Nunes was recorded at 1 a.m. local time (0400 GMT) on Wednesday in the Solimoes River, which joins the Negro River to form the Amazon, in a place close to Anori, located about 190 km from Manaus, the capital of Amazon State and largest city in the region.
According to firefighters, A. Nunes, a passenger ship that had departed from Manaus and was heading to the city of Tefe, began to sink after colliding with a tree trunk floating in the river, opening a hole in the hull.
The two missing persons were apparently crew members who jumped into the river to repair the ship and were washed away.
Brazil's Navy said that a patrol ship and a boat were sent to the accident site to search for the missing persons with the help of a team of divers.
