Probe finds drunk crew, structural issues on Kiribati ferry

PERTH, Australia (AP) — An inquiry has found the crew of an overloaded ferry that sank near the Pacific nation of Kiribati last year killing 95 people was drunk and the flimsy catamaran was not licensed to carry passengers.
Only five passengers and two crew members of 102 aboard survived the fateful journey of the MV Butiraoi ferry. The 57-foot wooden catamaran departed Nonouti Island bound for South Tarawa on Jan. 18 and began to fall apart 30 minutes later. It sank after two hours.
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