India: Ship carrying several hundred passengers crashes into jetty

Ship carrying several hundred passengers crashes into jetty
Jayanta Gupta and Suman Mondal | Jul 21, 2018

KOLKATA: MV Nicobar, carrying several hundred passengers from Kolkata to Port Blair in the Andamans, rammed into a jetty at Geonkhali in East Midnapore and nearly ran aground on Friday afternoon. It seems that the experienced pilot of the ship lost control due to a steering gear failure while making a steep right turn in the Hooghly’s navigation channel.

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