All 43 crew members of a burning fishing boat off the Canterbury coast have abandoned ship and been transferred to two other fishing vessels. The 64-metre trawler, the Amaltal Columbia, with 43 people on board, alerted the Rescue Coordination Centre to a fire in its hold about 5.20am on Wednesday.
Photo by Getty Images Sep 10, 2012
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