1.   Boats have capsized and passengers have drowned, but no one knows how many.

2.   A pilot of a hot air balloon that plunged into the sea has been convicted of one charge relating to the accident in which three Asian passengers drowned.

3.   A pilot of a hot air balloon that plunged into the sea was convicted on Monday of one charge relating to the accident in which three Asian passengers drowned.

4.   At least forty passengers drowned after an overcrowded boat capsized in a storm off the Nigerian coast, officials said.

5.   Four disabled passengers drowned Wednesday when their canal boat sank in a lock, police said.

6.   Most first-class passengers were rescued and third-class passengers drowned.

7.   One passenger was confirmed drowned on the day the boat sank.

8.   Thirteen passengers drowned.

9.   Twenty passengers drowned, and six others were hospitalized in the nearby city of Juazeiro in the northern state of Bahia.

10.   Two panicky passengers drowned after they jumped into the sea.