The fast ferry in this item of news is an Aluminium 929-115 series Jetfoil high speed passenger ferry that was built in 1981 by Boeing Jetfoil Industries, based at Seattle, in Washington, U.S.A. (Yard No 18). The customer was Trasmediterranea which originally operated, at one time, a number of craft of this type around the Canary Islands and it was called Princesa Guayarmina. Sometime in 1991 the craft was then sold onto a Honk Kong (HK) based owner TurboJet and renamed Cacilhas, operating on the HK to Macau route.
Looking at the damage sustained by the craft following the collision with the breakwater it has caused major damage to the front and rear struts. These support the craft when it is operating foilbourne, I understand that the craft on this route are fitted with night vision to assist the crew during night time journeys and this was one of the many night journeys from HK to Macau that these craft regularly undertake. Whether or not the craft is repairable after the damage remains to be seen, but I do recall some years ago that there was a collision not far away from this location between two such craft again IIRC at night.
Topic: Ferry accident Hong Kong Macau (Read 2578 times)