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On Friday, September 21, 2018, the MV Nyerere passenger ferry took off in the water near Ukara Island, Lake Victoria, Tanzania. a second day of rescue ran the setting sun. (Associated Press)
NAIROBI, Kenya – The last on the capsized Tanzanian ferry (still local):
2:05 p.m.
A Tanzanian official said that one survivor had been found in a capsized ferry two days after the deadly disaster on Lake Victoria.
John Mongella, Mwanza Regional Commissioner, told reporters that the engineer was found near the ship's engine.
Only the underside of the ferry has been exposed since the capsizing of Thursday afternoon which made 167 dead. The death toll is expected to increase.
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1:40 p.m.
A Tanzanian official said the death toll from a capsized ferry on Lake Victoria reached 167 while wooden coffins arrived at the scene.
Government Secretary-General John Kijazi spoke with reporters after the country's president ordered the arrest of those responsible for the disaster.
The heavily overloaded ferry capsized in the last stretch before the shoreline Thursday afternoon as people returning from a busy market day prepared to disembark.
The families of the victims are preparing to claim the bodies of their loved ones, while searches around the exposed ferry continue.
Nobody knows how many people were on the ferry, with a capacity of 101 people. Research efforts continue.
The East African nation has a history of deadly sea disasters.
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