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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> C's <br /> Sent; MonBBC REPORT :r,~a?eo Swa clay, 9 April200tt, <br /> http://nevvs.bbc.cojai)anese ferry runs into 'whale' .uk/2/hilasia-pacific/4893370.stm <br /> <br /> Japanese fern runs into '\N hale' <br /> JAPAN <br /> i <br /> i <br /> Kyushu <br /> 1 Island <br /> i <br /> ?Kagoshira ---~i I <br /> <br /> A hi„+h-speed Japanese fern has collided R ith what is thought to be a vv'hale, leaning 49 people <br /> injured - 13 in a serious conilition. <br /> The tiro-deck fern. cam Inc more than Itnt passengers and crew, vcas near the chN of Kagoshima on the <br /> southcru island of K•, usltu khan it happened. <br /> the Coast Guard said it rocai~ cd a distress call from the boat sliorth~ after 1800 local time (0900 GMT). <br /> >Iiips in the area often collide v ith M hu}cs. a fern companc spokesman said. <br /> Soon o1 the most serious)} 7mmed passengers hax c been taken back to land b4 rescue boat. a coast guard <br /> vlficial said <br /> Hc said the other passengers remained on the Fern. Much teas not in danger of sinking. <br /> Pent spokesman I ukinon Chosa said the impact caused mariv people to fall over and hit their backs. <br /> T he Fart} is note uuabic to mov c on its om a and i~ ill hav e to be toiNed back to port. he told the APP nevus <br /> acenc~. <br /> Hl ge sea animal. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> a, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Rescue workers earn ()ill an injured passenger from the Toppy-4 ferry (behind R) at <br /> Yamakassa port in fbusuki. southern Japan :aptil 9, 2006. The ferry, with 109 passengers <br /> and crew members aboard. collided with an unidentified object. possibly a whale, in waters <br /> Off Kagoshima Prefecture on Sundases etun_. leaving 49 passengers injured, 13 of them <br /> SCriously_ local media reported KWdo <br />