A CotaiJet ferry sailing from Hong Kong to Taipa collided last week with a wooden fishing boat 7.5 nautical miles off Macau’s east near Zhuhai, killing one person and injuring three others.
‘The Venetian’ departed Hong Kong at 11am last Wednesday with 130 passengers and 13 crew but collided with a Chinese fishing boat ‘Yuet Taishan 33040’. The fishing boat was damanged and sank after the collision, and its three passengers fell into the sea. According to the Macau Daily, the 54-year old captain of the fishing boat was already in a coma when he was pulled from the water, and later died in the intensive care unit in the hospital. ‘The Venetian’ sustained only minor damage. Meanwhile, Cotai Chu Kong Shipping Management Services (CCKS) was requested to submit a report to the Maritime Administration to review current facilities to avoid such incidents in the future.
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