Asia's Titanic

Asia's Titanic

9.0/100h 46m2009
Asia's Titanic

Overview

The passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. Just five days before Christmas in 1987, the passenger ship Doña Paz collided with an oil tanker off Mindoro Island in the Philippines. 4,000 passengers died in the tragedy. It was the world's worst peacetime maritime disaster. Through dramatic first hand accounts from survivors and rescuers, transcripts from the Philippine congressional inquiry into the tragedy, archival footage and photos and a re-enactment of the collision, dissect the unfolding tragedy of Doña Paz.

Genres

DocumentaryTV Movie

Production Companies

National Geographic

Additional Information

Original Title:Asia's Titanic
Original Language:English
Status:Released

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