Converted motorboat leaves passengers no exit when capsizing off Hoi An

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The motorboat that capsized off the Hoi An Town is pulled to shore February 27, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Nguyen Dong

 

Survivors and authorities have blamed the lack of emergency exits for an accident in which 17 were killed when a tourist motorboat capsized.

 

Around 2 p.m. last Saturday, a speedboat operated by Phuong Dong Company was carrying 39 people, including three crew members, from Cham Islands off Hoi An Town in central Vietnam to the shore when it was engulfed by large waves around three kilometers from Cua Dai Beach.

 

The accident left 17 dead and one missing as confirmed Monday afternoon. All are tourists from Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi.

 

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Last two victims of Hoi An deadly boat accident found

 

Rescuers look for victims of a capsized boat accident near Hoi An shore, February 27, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh

 

The bodies of two three-year-old kids, the last missing victims from a motorboat capsized off Vietnam's central coast on Saturday, have been found, raising the death toll to 17.

 

A three-year-old boy's body was found at around 2 p.m. Monday amid rocks of a hotel's embankment by the sea.

 

Rescuers had earlier found the body of a three-year-old girl in a technical box of the motorboat late Sunday night after having already searched the vessel several times prior, said Nguyen Van Son, chairman of Hoi An Town.

 

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