Sinking of the ferry Neptune
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title:
Sinking of the ferry Neptune
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The sinking of the ferry Neptune, a Haitian commercial ship which regularly carried people and cargo from Jérémie to Port-au-Prince, occurred on the night of February 16, 1993. It capsized and sank off the coast of Miragoane, due to a mix of the passenger crowd's size and movement, and the conditions of the ship and weather. Haiti's economic and political situation at the time allowed their ferry system to operate with no regulations, which contributed to the ship's large crowd size. When a heav
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1993 maritime disaster near Haiti
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_ferry_Neptune
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2024-03-10T20:21:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T23:57:30Z
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