Business as usual for dhow owner
It’s business as usual for Bahraini dhow owner Abdulla Al Kobaisi, still free despite being jailed for five years over a disaster in which 58 people drowned.
Dhow survivors reject payout
Survivors of the Al Dana dhow disaster have condemned as “disgusting” a BD500 compensation offer from the vessel’s owner. A group of British, South African and Indian Nass, Murray and Roberts employees received the proposal from Abdulla Al Kobaisi via their lawyer. The 15 workers raised a joint action against the Bahraini owner of the [...]
Two in court for Bahrain capsize
The captain and owner of a boat which capsized in Bahrain, killing 58 people including 15 Britons, are to appear in court charged with negligence. Lawyers for relatives of the UK victims said Rajendrakumar Ramjibhai and Abdullah al-Qubaisi will appear in Bahrain’s Lower Criminal Court. The charges include “fatal neglect” and “sea transportation deficiency”, law [...]
Captain and owner in court for Bahrain capsized boat
The owner and captain of the ill-fated dhow which over-turned in Bahrain killing 58 people, mostly Indians and 15 Britons, will appear in court on charges of “fatal neglect†and “sea transportation deficiency†said UK-based law firm Irwin Mitchell. According to authorities, 140 were initially on the boat, but 14 disembarked before it set out [...]
Panel to review laws
A committee formed to review Bahrain’s laws relating to transport, tourism, public health and civil servants in the wake of last month’s Al Dana disaster, in which 58 people died, met for the first time yesterday. It was formed just days after the tragedy by the Shura Council to review legislation and introduce tougher laws [...]
Hawar boat trips ban re-imposed
Authorities have banned trips to the Hawar Islands for the second time following the dhow disaster that claimed 58 lives. The ban, which was originally enforced soon after the Al Dana tragedy on March 30, was lifted a week later and trips were allowed only when accompanied by Coastguard officials. But Hawar Resort Hotel had [...]
Dhow captain ‘like a child at the wheel’
The so-called captain of the ill-fated Al Dana dhow was “like a child at the wheel of a car”, it was declared yesterday. Neither the “captain” Rajendrakumar Ramjibhai nor alleged “co-captain” Thakkuparambil Rupesh were qualified, said Indian Ambassador Balkrishna Shetty. “Mr Ramjibhai, who has studied up to only secondary school level, was not qualified to [...]
Insurance payments for three victims
Families of three people who died in last month’s Al Dana disaster have been paid compensation worth more than BD21,000 by a top Indian life insurance company in one of the first settlements following the tragedy. The victims, Saroj Babu Sikhil, Arby Mathew and Clarence Vyland, were insured with Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Inter-national, which [...]
Unstable dhow ‘created alarm’
The Al Dana disaster dhow was so unstable that glasses fell to the floor and smashed, even before it left the jetty, prosecutors said yesterday. Many witnesses testified that some people were so alarmed that they got off the dhow at its Marina Club moorings, before the ill-fated dinner cruise, during which 58 people died. [...]
Dhow owner charged with manslaughter
The Bahraini owner of the ill-fated Al Dana dhow has been charged with manslaughter and released on BD3,000 bail, it was announced yesterday.The dhow’s Indian captain and co-captain have also been charged with manslaughter, but are being kept in custody. All three are also charged with unintentionally inflicting injury, said Muharraq Public Prosecution head Osama [...]