Ferry capsize boss sacked
Seventy-four people were killed when the Princess Ashika capsized in August. The inquiry into the ferry disaster has been underway in Tongan capital Nuku'alofa for two weeks. Former Christchurch businessman John Jonesse has been suspended on full pay from his role as managing director of the government-owned...
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- News Source: Xtra News | 15 days agoWater poured through the cargo hold of the Tongan ferry Princess Ashika for two hours before it rocked violently and sank late on August 5, a surviving passenger says. Tangimana Lemoto, the first survivor to testify at the commission of inquiry into...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 16 days agoAugust's Tonga ferry disaster say they do not trust their government or the impartiality of the inquiry. Questions are being asked about why the man who purchased the ferry was stood down from the government-owned Shipping Corporation of Polynesia...
- News Source: The New Zealand Herald | 16 days agoThe former Christchurch businessman gave evidence on Friday at the commission of inquiry into the August 5 sinking of the MV Princess Ashika in which 75 men, women and children died. The government-owned SCP suspended Mr Jonesse from his duties and...
- News Source: Sydney Morning Herald | 16 days agoThe royal commission of inquiry into the Pacific sinking this year, which claimed the lives of 75 men, women and children, has heard three weeks of explosive evidence on the history of the vessel. In the latest development, it was revealed the Kiwi...
- News Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 16 days agoSeventy-four people were killed when the Princess Ashika capsized in August. The inquiry into the ferry disaster has been underway in Tongan capital Nuku'alofa for two weeks. Former Christchurch businessman John Jonesse has been suspended on full pay...
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- Blog Source: lynnehiggins.blgr.noThe Matangi Tonga Online website reported Mr Jonesse told the commission the ferry's required repair works were not completed when it left the Tongan capital on August 5 on its final voyage. A defect list issued by the Tonga Marine and ...
- Blog Source: emigratetonewzealand.blogspot.comThe Royal Commission of inquiry hearing into the sinking of the Tongan ferry, Princess Ashika, was suspended on Friday when the board of the Shipping Corportation of Polynesia Ltd (SCP) suspended its Managing Director John Jonesse and ...
- Blog Source: emigratetonewzealand.blogspot.com"A New Zealander who made the decision for the Tongan government to buy the doomed ferry Princess Ashika claims he honestly believed the ship was in good condition. The ferry sank earlier this year with the loss of 74 people. ...
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