ship accidents and safety

An Air Canada passenger jet helped find the location of a stranded sailor off the coast of Australia.

Australian and Indonesian rescue ships are searching for survivors in waters near the Indonesian island of Java on Thursday after a boat filled with asylum seekers capsized, with many feared dead.

At least three people died and one person is missing after a yacht race accident on the California coast near the Mexican border, according to the race’s organizer, the Newport Ocean Sailing Association (NOSA).

At least 200,000 documents pertaining to the Titanic and its demise were published ahead of the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the ship later this week.