South Pacific Missing Kiribati ferry: Australia and US join search for survivors Up to 100 people are feared to have been on Pacific island vessel when it capsized The ferry left Nonouti island on 18 January but never reached its destination of Betio. Photograph: Jonas Gratzer/LightRocket via Getty ImagesAustralian and American rescue teams have joined the search for survivors from the Kiribati ferry that capsized in the central Pacific more than a week ago. Missing Kiribati ferry: seven passengers found in lifeboat Read moreThe president declared a week of prayer in the hope that more survivors would be found as rescue efforts were stepped up, RNZ reported. The remoteness of the search area, which lies 800km west of Kiribati, was adding to the challenge of the rescue effort, Johnston said. A Kiribati marine patrol boat with medical personnel was en route to the FV Lomalo, the fishing boat which picked up the seven survivors on Sunday.

Source: The Guardian January 29, 2018 06:47 UTC