Bangladesh: Capsized Ferry Boat - May 1986
Disaster description
The UNDRO/UNDP resident coordinator reports that a double-decker ferry boat with 1,500 people on board capsized on river Meghna in the southern district of Barisal on the night of Sunday, 25 May 1986. The Last similar disaster was on 20 April 1986. About 600 passengers were feared killed but so far only 157 bodies have been recovered from the river as many victims were swept far downstream. (UN DHA, 28 May 1986)