PCG rescues 67 from half-submerged boat in Quezon province

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Less than a week after the tragic Binangonan boat incident, another motorbanca submerges in Real, Quezon.

rescued 67 people from a half-submerged boat near Barangay Macnit, Polillo, Quezon Province on Thursday, August 3.It carried 60 passengers, seven crew members, and 15 styrofoam boxes of assorted fish, with a gross tonnage of 33.8.

PCG Northern Quezon said the boat departed the Real port under “good weather” with passengers equipped with life vests. Around 1 pm, the Coast Guard Sub Station Patnanungan received a message from a passenger of the motorbanca, saying their boat was in trouble. The boat was damaged at the front when accidentally hit a solid object, causing water to enter the motorbanca.

The passengers were brought to the barangay hall of Barangay Macnit in Polillo Island. The PCG said all passengers were in “good physical condition.”Last July 27, a motor boat also capsized in Laguna de Bay near the shore of

 

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