Baku-aPA. Death toll with Friday night's double-decker ferry capsizal off Myanmar's western Rakhine State has risen to 45, the ruling party's Union Daily reported Sunday, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
In the capsizal of the passenger vessel Aung Da Gon-3, 167 survived.
The vessel with about 214 passengers on board heading towards Sittway from Kyaukphyu capsized between Kyaukphyu and Myay Pone townships at 8:30 p.m.local time as the wave struck the vessel causing a break in the hull amid bad weather condition.
Search operation is still underway.
The government-owned Aung Da Gon-3 ferry operates between Sittway and Taunggup.
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