• The Philippine ferry MV Princess of the Stars was capsized by high seas from the wake of Typhoon Fengshen on June 21, 2008. At least 800 people were aboard the ship.

  On Sunday, June 22, officials reported that many may have been surviving inside an air bubble within the overturned ship.CNN: Official: Hundreds may be trapped in capsized ferry(June 22, 2008)

• Fast Facts

  1. Ship: MV Princess of the Stars
  2. Owner: Sulpicio Lines
  3. Route: Cebu City to Manila
  4. Passengers: 724Bangkok Post: Update: 800 missing as typhoon Philippines ferry(June 22, 2008)
  5. Crew: 121 BBC: Philippines ferry hit by typhoon (June 22, 2008)
  6. Contact lost: 12:30pm Saturday
  7. As of Sunday morning on June 22, 2008, four survivors had been foundABS-CBN News: 4 MV Princess survivors saved in Romblon (June 22, 2008)
  8. By Monday, June 23, 2008, 38 survivors had been foundTelegraph: Philippines ferry disaster: 38 survivors found (June 23, 2008)
  9. 10 bodies foundCNN: [ http://www.cnn.com/2008/WOR... Official: Hundreds may be trapped in capsized ferry](June 22, 2008)
  10. Ferry weighed 23,824.17 tonsABS-CBN News: Relatives of passengers of capsized ship question lack of info on their kin (June 22, 2008)

• Typhoon Fengshen

  Typhoon Fengshen pummeled the Philippines with gusts up to 106 miles per hourBBC: Deadly typhoon hits Philippines (June 21, 2008) and rains that have triggered flash floods in the southern part of the country. In addition to the assumed 800+ death toll from Princess of the Stars, at least 69 people on land have died.BBC: Philippines ferry hit by typhoon (June 22, 2008)

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