[1] The accident is believed to have killed 33 of the ship's 55 passengers and crew.
[1] The ferry was a 56-foot-long (17 m) double-hulled wood catamaran en route between Tarawa and the outlying island of Maiana.
[1] It capsized when the captain attempted to turn around to rescue a crew member who had been swept overboard in high seas.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force sent a C130 aircraft to aid in air-sea rescue and recovery operations; it aided in recovering twenty survivors, and seven bodies, before calling off the search.
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