Date | July 29, 2010 |
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Location | Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Cause | Overloaded passenger ferry capsizing |
Deaths | At least 80 |
On 29 July 2010, an overloaded passenger ferry capsized on the Kasai River in Bandundu province, east of Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. At least 80 people were confirmed to have died, with other accounts putting this figure closer to 140.