A single mechanical failure or mistake isn’t what usually results in a “Mayday!” call on marine VHF radio. Compound failures or mistakes typically cause potentially disastrous situations for even ...

The report blamed people smugglers and “systemic failure” on the part of the authorities after about 30 people drowned as they tried to reach Britain from France in 2021.

At least 21 people have died after a passenger boat sank in River Nile state in northern Sudan. As per multiple reports, the ...

The Phoenix was carrying 105 people -- mostly Chinese -- when it sank on the way back from a popular snorkeling spot on July 5. Divers and the navy spent more than a week retrieving bodies, some from ...

The lives of more than 30 people who drowned in a small boat crossing in the Channel could have been saved if the French coastguard had responded to a distress call, a damning report has found. At ...

More than 200 people have died and more than 100 are missing after two separate boat accidents this week in the northwest of Congo, according to residents of the area and local news reports. One of ...

Over four weeks of public hearings in March 2025, officers involved in the UK’s search and rescue response gave oral evidence ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dozens of people died after a triple-decker vessel sank off southwestern Philippine waters in the early hours of January 26, 2026, ...

The two survivors of the deadly Lake Tahoe tragedy that claimed eight lives were wearing life jackets at the time of their rescue. Ten boaters abroad a 27-foot gold Chris-Craft vessel set out the ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is mourning the loss of nearly 200 lives after two overloaded boats sank in Équateur Province in the north-west of the country. However, this has also prompted ...