Worse Than the Titanic: The Forgotten Ferry Disaster That Killed 4,375 People

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"When people think of ship disasters, they think of the Titanic. But one disaster, often forgotten by history, holds the tragic record as the deadliest maritime tragedy in peacetime: The sinking of the MV Doña Paz.

On December 20, 1987, the Filipino passenger ferry, massively overcrowded and sailing to Manila, collided with the oil tanker MT Vector in the Tablas Strait. The resulting fiery catastrophe and the unimaginable loss of life were far worse than the Titanic.

In this harrowing investigation, we reveal:

The Overcrowding Scandal: Why the official manifest showed only 1,583 passengers when the ship was carrying an estimated 4,375 people—three times its legal capacity.

The Inferno: The terrifying moment the ships collided, the explosion of the tanker's cargo, and how the burning oil spread across the sea, turning the water itself into a fire trap.

The Survival Horror: First-hand accounts from the few survivors, who had to choose between burning alive on deck or facing the fire and sharks in the dark water.

The Ultimate Price of Negligence: The subsequent investigation that exposed staggering safety failures, including missing life jackets and an inexperienced crew.

The Doña Paz tragedy serves as a brutal reminder of the worst maritime disaster in history, a disaster that truly was more worse than the Titanic."