NUKU'ALOFA, TONGA — The captain of the Tongan ferry that sank and left 93 people missing and presumed dead said Monday that he was pressured into sailing the vessel even though authorities knew ...

Giving women and children the comfort of cabins while men stayed on deck may have doomed them to be trapped inside an overnight ferry that capsized in heavy seas off Tonga, officials said Thursday.

An overnight ferry packed with sleeping passengers flipped in heavy seas near the Pacific island nation of Tonga, leaving more than 30 people missing and feared dead, officials said Thursday.

The captain of a Tongan ferry has been arrested, months after his vessel sank causing the loss of 74 lives. Viliami Tuputupu was charged with knowingly sailing an unseaworthy vessel, radio ...

The ferry was on its way from Nuku'alofa to outlying islands in Tonga's north. It sank in 35 metres of water in a location that made rescue efforts difficult, Tongan police Commander Chris Kelly said.

Eighty-five passengers were missing and feared dead Saturday after their ferry flipped and sank off Tonga, with only two bodies recovered more than two days after the disaster. Police Chief ...

Searchers located the wreck Wednesday of a ferry that capsized off Tonga a week earlier and found no immediate signs of the 93 people on board, who are still missing and presumed dead. The ...

(CNN)-- Searchers rescued at least 53 people and about 33 are missing after a ferry capsized in the Pacific Ocean overnight near Tonga's capital, Nuku'alofa, a search and rescue officer said early ...

NUKU'ALOFA, TongaNUKU’ALOFA, Tonga — The captain of the Tongan ferry that sank leaving 93 missing and presumed dead said Monday he was pressured into sailing the vessel even though authorities ...

The number of people missing and presumed drowned in the Tongan ferry disaster has fallen to 72, police say. The number of missing was cut by one, a day after Tongan police reduced the number by ...

THE wreck of the sunken Tongan ferry Princess Ashika has been found a week after it went down, but wild weather and deep seas have stopped divers from reaching it. Australian and New Zealand Navy ...