Tanzania ship sinks, nearly 200 bodies recovered

STONE TOWN, Tanzania — Passengers on the aging, crowded boat headed for one of Tanzania's top tourist destinations said they realized something was wrong when the overnight ferry began to list from side to side.

Then water rushed through and killed the engines, sending the M.V. Spice Islander upside down and pitching hundreds of people into the deep sea early Saturday. A witness counted nearly 200 bodies, and the president of the nearby island of Zanzibar said more than 570 people were rescued, suggesting that the boat was overloaded. Some survivors said the boat's capacity was 600.

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Michael Birnbaum 11 Sep, 2011

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