Divers were used in the rescue.

Catamaran sinks off costa rica. A boat carrying more than 100 people sinks on Costa Ricas Pacific Coast killing a British an American and a Canadian tourist. San Jose - A catamaran carrying dozens of foreign tourists on a pleasure cruise capsized off Costa Rica on Thursday killing three people emergency officials said. Survivors of a ship wreck board a bus at a Coast Guard Station in Caldera Puntarenas 100 km north west of the capital San Jose Costa Rica on January 8 2015 A catamaran carrying nearly 100 tourists and 10 crew capsized and sank within minutes off Costa Rica on Thursday leaving three elderly foreigners dead while rescuers saved dozens from the choppy seas.

Two elderly American and Canadian women and a British man have died after a tourist catamaran carrying around 100 passengers sank off Costa Ricas Pacific Coast on Thursday morning. The terrifying video filmed by one of the passengers shows the boat tipping as water rushes in on the upper deck with panicking passengers holding on to tables as it lists. Vacation Catamaran Sinks Off the Coast of Costa Rica.

SAN JOSE Jan 8 Reuters - Three people died after a tourist catamaran carrying around 100 passengers sank off Costa Ricas Pacific Coast on Thursday morning the government said. 54 of the 98 Passengers Have Been Rescued. The boat which was on a day.

This is the moment a tourist catamaran carrying more than 100 people capsized and sank off the coast of Costa Rica causing the deaths of three elderly passengers. The Costa Rica News TCRN Tourists on a pleasure cruise had a terrible turn of events when the catamaran caught fire stranding 98 people in open waters 6 nautical miles off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. At least three people died and four were missing after a tourist catamaran carrying around 100 passengers sank off Costa Ricas Pacific Coast on Thursday morning the public security ministry said.

A catamaran carrying dozens of foreign tourists on a pleasure cruise capsized off Costa Rica on Thursday killing three people including a Canadian emergency officials said. An emergency call was issued at call. Costa Rica Three dead after catamaran capsizes off Costa Rica Briton US citizen and Canadian said to have died after boat carrying 109 people sank on day trip to Tortuga Island.

A catamaran carrying 98 tourists and 10 crew members sank off Costa Rica leaving at least three people dead and two missing while rescuers saved dozens from the sea. Ezequiel BecerraAFP Bob Patterson and a group of friends from Chilliwack British Columbia were four days into a two-week vacation in Costa Rica on Jan. The sinking of the catamaran tour boat this morning in Costa Ricas Pacific waters near Jacó claimed the lives of three people.