Original title: The death toll from the shipwreck in Madagascar rose to 83
The Port Authority of Madagascar said on the 22nd that as of that night, the death toll from the shipwreck in the northeastern waters of Malaysia on the 20th had risen to 83, with 50 rescued and 5 unaccounted for.
According to Madagascar media reports, the search and rescue work and investigation of the shipwreck accident were suspended on the afternoon of the 22nd due to meteorological reasons in the sea area where the incident occurred and will continue on the morning of the 23rd.
A ship carrying more than 130 passengers departed from Antanambe in northeastern Madagascar on the morning of the 20th. It flooded the engine room on the way to Suanierana-Iongu and then sank. The person in charge of the port affairs department of Ma said that the ship in the accident was a cargo ship and was not qualified to carry passengers, and its origin, Antanambe, was not an officially recognized port.
It is also reported that a military helicopter crash in Madagascar on the 20th caused one death, two were rescued, and one was still missing. Serge Guellet, State Secretary of the Military Police of the Ministry of National Defense, and others left by helicopter after participating in the search and rescue of the sunken ship. The helicopter then crashed and all 4 people on board were missing. Two people, including Guellet, were rescued on the 21st. (Wen Hao)
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