The Dashun, a 9,000-ton ferry carrying more than 300 people and 40 crew members catches fire during a storm on November 24, 199 and capsizes in the Yellow Sea, off the northeast coast of China.
The ferry had departed from the port city of Yantai in Shandong province on its way to the northeastern port of Dalian for what is normally a seven hours journey. Nearly everyone on board perished, including the captain with only 22 survivors accounted for.