At least 39 killed in two Brazil boat accidents

Ship carrying 116 passengers, 4 crew members capsized shortly after its departure

At least 39 persons were killed in two fatal ferry wrecks in Brazil, the media reported on Friday.
"We deeply regret the loss of tens of lives in the boat accidents in Para and Bahia (two states in the north of the country)," President Michel Temer tweeted on Thursday.
The latest maritime incident occurred on Thursday near Salvador, the capital of Brazil's eastern state of Bahia, when a ship carrying about 116 passengers and four crew members capsized shortly after its departure.
A total of 18 people were drowned, and 89 were rescued, Bahia's Health Secretariat said.
The death toll has been revised down to 18 from the initial report of 22 as rescue operation went on.