The accident happened on the way from Cartagena to the island of Palma.
More than 40 tourists from several countries were saved in the Caribbean Sea after a smaller ship heading for the island near Cartagena, the Colombian Navy said on Monday. According to the AFP report, TASR reports this.
The cause of the accident is not known
The accident occurred on Sunday, about an hour after the ship sailed from Cartagena to the south to the island of Palma. The cause of the accident is not known.
According to one of the tourists, the front of the ship was damaged and the vessel began to take water. According to another tourist, the ship then overturned the bottom upwards and the tourists remained stuck in it.
One of the fishermen told the local media that he saved ten people from the overturned ship. The Coast Guard saved another 32 people, the Navy said. Everyone is in good health and no one needed urgent medical attention.
According to AFP, there were 42 people on the ship and only three were Colombians. The others came from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Germany, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru.
