MV Doña Marilyn Philippine Ferry Wreck

#Crash #Shipwreck #DoñaMarilyn Ferry wreck MV Doña Marilyn It was built in Japan in 1966 and purchased by Sulpicio Lines in the mid 1970s. Before the crash, left Manila on October 23, 1988 at 10 am, heading for the city of Tacloban. According to the vice president of Sulpicio Lines, there were 421 passengers in total. The captain of the ferry on October 23 was Eliodoro Salgado Jr. On October 24 at 2:14 a.m., Captain Salgado sent a message to the Sulpicio Lines coast station in Manila about the large waves the ship had encountered and it was decided to reduce the engine speed. By 7:28 am, Salgado stopped the engines due to the deteriorating situation. Nearly an hour later, the captain informed the station that he had decided to change course and head for North Gigantes Island for safety reasons, adding that the ship was expected to arrive in Tacloban around 8 pm the same day. By 13:30, the ferry radioed a distress signal off Tanguingui Island, which the military said was the last signal from it received by the station. Due to strong winds and giant waves caused by Typhoon Rubin, the ferry capsized around 2 pm. About 400 people died or went missing, while there were at least 181 survivors. Doña Marilyn was the sister ferry of the ill-fated Doña Paz that sank a year earlier. Salgado's captain is missing. Many survivors were easily spotted by lifeguards due to their life jackets, while others were rescued by passing fishermen. Some, however, were robbed by bandits with motorized canoes. One survivor, ship's purser Kerwin Lim, reached the shore of Almagro Island after almost a day at sea, but was later found robbed and murdered with red marks on his neck. During the Senate investigation of the crash, where evidence such as the logbook was presented, Senator John Osmeña argued that since the shipping line and coast guard knew about the typhoon, they should have been able to tell Captain Salgado to deviate from their destination before the typhoon reached ferry. On 31 October, Sulpicio Lines agreed to provide £50,000 to each of the victims' families. Two days later, the company announced an indefinite suspension of all operating ferries. However, the shipping line ignored the order and continued to operate, demanding a formal order be given to them before they suspended all work. Finally, on November 5, an inter-ministerial committee was formed to inspect all commercial Philippine vessels, and all Sulpicio Lines vessels were stopped on the same day. Days after the committee was formed, the national telecommunications commission suspended 14 more cargo and passenger ships after inspecting 216 of them across the country due to faulty navigational and communications aids to raise standards following the Doña Marilyn Incident. The wreckage of the ferry was first seen by a fisherman named Bonifacio Rodrigo, who reportedly saw the sunken ferry on November 10 while diving off Manoc-manoc Island. Three weeks after Eliodoro's death, Salgado, Captain Salgado's father, offered to help the National Bureau of Investigation, led by Ramon Barro, find his son, who was reportedly in hiding at the time on the island of Maripipi in the province of Biliran. Some survivors, such as Alex Moron Jr., claimed to have seen him aboard the life raft after he left the ship. Shortly afterwards senior agent Zosimo Pebrero confirmed the presence of Captain Salgado in Maripipi and a cash reward of £50,000 was placed on whoever could catch him. The officials refused to cooperate with the representatives when they arrived on the island and therefore said they could demand their arrest if necessary. The wreckage of the ferry now lies off Malapascua Island, where it has been turned into a diving attraction. Nice to meet you here! Subscribe to the channel! Subscribe to the official channel "ALL ABOUT EVERYTHING" on YouTube:    / @vseobovsemm