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One person is dead and more than 30 missing after a passenger ferry sank off Vanuatu, officials say

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What happened

One person is dead and more than 30 missing after a passenger ferry sank off Vanuatu, officials say…

Key facts

  • One person is dead and more than 30 missing after a passenger ferry sank off Vanuatu, officials say…
  • Reported by ABC News and published Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:36:14 UTC.

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  1. Six dead, 130 missing after Indonesian ferry capsizes in Java Sea

  2. Russian drone hits train in Ukraine soon after visiting officials left

  3. Indonesia intensifies search for 129 people missing after ship capsizes

  4. Indonesia intensifies search for more than 120 missing after ferry capsizes in Java Sea

  5. Indonesia searches for 129 people missing after ferry capsizes

  6. More than 30 missing from ferry that sank in Vanuatu

  7. One person is dead and more than 30 missing after a passenger ferry sank off Vanuatu, officials say

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