Capsizing

Around 15 undocumented immigrants were rescued and at least four more were reported missing and feared drowned after their dinghy capsized off the coast of Plomari, on the island of Lesvos in the eastern Aegean, on Saturday.

Initial reports did not point to the number of people aboard the boat, but suggested that most of them were Syrian nationals, including a 14-year-old girl.

Four migrants were killed and five others were rescued off the coast near the resort town of Ayvalık, after small boat heading to Greece capsized in the Aegean Sea on Nov. 8.

South Korean prosecutors on Oct. 27 sought the death penalty for the captain of a ferry that capsized in April, leaving 304 people dead or missing.
   

At least 17 people including a bridegroom and two children drowned when a rescue boat carrying a wedding party capsized in flood-hit central Pakistan, officials said

A coast guard vessel on Wednesday recovered the body of a monk who had been missing since Tuesday night off the coast of Dafni, a small settlement on Mount Athos.

The monk went missing after the boat he had been in with two fellow monks capsized on Tuesday.

The other two monks were rescued by passing boats shortly after the vessel capsized.

At least two people died and 18 others were missing after an overloaded fishing boat carrying illegal Indonesian immigrants capsized off the coast of southern Malaysia, a maritime official said Tuesday.
      

At least eight people have died after a ferry carrying some 200 passengers capsized in a river near the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Thursday.

The MV Miraj-4 capsized during a storm in the Munshiganj district as it travelled towards Shariatpur. Officials say the death toll is expected to rise, the BBC reports.

Forty migrants were rescued off the coast of Lesvos on Monday after being spotted by a coast guard patrol boat.

The immigrants were in a rubber dinghy. One of the forty fell into the water but was pulled to safety.

The rescue comes a few days after 22 migrants drowned off Samos when their boat capsized. Another seven are still missing.

A photograph released by the Hellenic Coast Guard shows fishing boats approaching the capsized vessel off the coast of Samos in the eastern Aegean.

At least 22 migrants, including four children, drowned on Monday after two vessels capsized off the eastern Aegean island of Samos, near Turkey, while many more migrants remained unaccounted for by late last night.

Two migrants have drowned and dozens are reported missing after two vessels capsized in the Aegean Sea, Monday.

Some 65 migrants of different nationalities were trying to reach Greek coast from Turkey by sea. The two small ships have capsized near the Greek island of Samos, the Greek coast-guard announced Monday, cited by Bulgarian Telegraph Agency (BTA).