AT least 11 individuals have died and eight persons are lacking after a ferry sank.
The vessel was carrying 82 passengers from the island of Marajo to Belem, Brazil, when it started to flood with water.
Rescue crews rushed to the scene and managed to save lots of 63 individuals.
However a minimum of 11 had been killed and eight persons are lacking following the incident on Thursday.
Divers, a minimum of 9 vessels, and a helicopter took half within the seek for the lacking, which lasted till dusk.
Authorities in Para mentioned the boat was not authorised to carry out intercity passenger transport companies and had departed from a clandestine port.
Video footage seen right here filmed by a passenger exhibits the second when water began to enter the boat.
A second video exhibits survivors within the murky river greedy onto the sinking vessel.
The Brazilian Navy has mentioned it can examine the wreck.
The ill-fated ferry was en route from the locality of Camara to the riverside metropolis of Belem when it sunk close to the island of Cotijuba at round 9.30am.
The boat – named Santa Lourdes – belonged to the corporate M. Souza Navegacao, which had already been reported for working with out authorisation, it is reported.
The person chargeable for the vessel has been recognized as Marcos de Souza Oliveira.
Investigators mentioned he had survived the sinking however had gone on the run and had not but been discovered.
The Division of Well being of Belem is reportedly offering care to the survivors.
The seek for the lacking resumed at present.