Ashika

Passengers asked to bail out Tonga ferry.
PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 11/13/2009; 606 words; 13 NOVEMBER 2009 NUKUALOFA ( NZPA) ----- Fifteen minutes before the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika sank with the loss of 74 lives, passengers were asked to bail out the swamped cargo deck, a survivor has told an inquiry. Tevita...

More tragedies just over horizon.
PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 11/13/2009; 1154 words; ...the Tongan passenger ferry the Princess Ashika. The 37-year-old boat, purchased...they can't afford to replace it. The Ashika is a very sad, very recent, very visual...t help anyone. All agree the Princess Ashika disaster has the potential to change the...

Tonga inquiry hears authorities ignored survey ruling Ashika unseaworthy.
PAC - Pacific Islands Broadcasting Association; 11/13/2009; 535 words; ...has told the inquiry into the August sinking of the Princess Ashika that after surveying the vessel he deemed it unfit to sail and...Tuipulotu on more than ten occasions throughout July to stop the Ashika sailing. He also told the inquiry there was no sign that the...

Fiji : Radar Project for Labasa.
TendersInfo; 11/12/2009; 751 words; ...Other top Stories SCGC offices open (17:34) Please stop Ashika from sailing (17:30) Farm size will increase production...24)Fiji this week SCGC offices open (17:34) Please stop Ashika from sailing (17:30) Farm size will increase production...

HighLights of the AAP National Wire at 14:30, Nov 10 = 2
AAP General News (Australia); 11/10/2009; 1410 words; ...Kelly says. (Toowoomba Kelly) AUCKLAND - Tongans have been given yet another possible reason their doomed ferry Princess Ashika sunk - the captain was sleeping as it filled with water. (Tonga Ferry Wrap) AUCKLAND - The black cab can stay but Tonga...