[2][3] The incident, on a boat carrying 37 people, caused 22 deaths and 10 injuries, including 11 children.
[4][5][6][7] Boat mishaps are a common occurrence in India due to vessels frequently being overcrowded, inadequately maintained, and lacking safety equipment.
[10] Thooval Theeram is located on the Parappanangadi-Tanur municipal boundary, on the banks of the Poorapuzha river's estuary, which joins the Arabian Sea at Ottumpuram.
[12] When the service of the boat Atlanta started, the fishermen warned not to use it for tourism after finding that its bottom is round.
Firefighting units from Kozhikode and Malappuram, as well as disaster management personnel, were quickly dispatched to the location.
[15] Kerala's opposition leader VD Satheesan, while speaking to media, said, "Nobody even knows if the boat had a licence or not.