Sealed Below Deck: 402 Banned Pesticide Found in Sinking Ferry

Emergencies and World Disasters · Oct 21, 2026 · 23m

Sealed Below Deck: 402 Banned Pesticide Found in Sinking Ferry

A locked cargo container holding 402 drums of endosulfan - 25 kg each, 10,000 kg total - lay sealed on D deck eighty-five feet underwater while survivors and bodies floated around the capsized ferry for six days. How did banned pesticide meant for a different ship end up aboard the MV Princess of the Stars, and who failed to stop it before departure?

In this episode, we lay out the timeline and decisions that placed a banned, acutely toxic cargo on the flagship ferry during Typhoon Fengshen and the consequences that followed. You…