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27 missing after ships collide in Philippines
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A passenger jet boat sank off the mouth of Manila Bay after a collision with a fishing boat at dawn on Thursday. Forty-six people were rescued but 27 others are missing, the Coast Guard reported the country.
The wooden hull, MV Catalyne B, with 73 passengers and crew aboard, sank near about 2.8 nautical miles north-west of the island Limbon, Cavite, about 2.25 clock Thursday (1825 GMT Wednesday) said, spokesman for the Coast Guard the Armando Balilo.
The fishing vessel FV Nathalia has not reduced.
Balilo said three ships of the Coast Guard were sent to save. With the help of passing boats were 46 people from 6 am to be saved (2200 GMT).
The helicopters were also sent to conduct surveillance at dawn.
The clash came hours after MV Catalyne B sailed from Manila North Harbor and was in the direction of the island of Mindoro, central Philippines. The Coast Guard said the passenger boat was not overloaded, because it is licensed to carry 128 people. The cause of the collision is under investigation.
Maritime accidents are common in the Philippine archipelago. Capsized in 2008, a passenger ship of the height of a typhoon in central Philippines, killing over 700 people.
