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Low importance?[edit]

I would contest this as low importance. It had a dramatic and lasting effect on Senegalese infrastructure (travel to Casameance from Dakar has never recovered, and tensions between the regions and lack of overland transport make such a link crucial), as well as Senegalese society. Ferry services, once a central plank og Senegalese popular transport, remain distrusted to this day.

Plus 1,863 died, the third worst sea disaster by loss of life in history.T L Miles 15:19, 5 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Rank among worst maritime peacetime disasters[edit]

The article claims that this was the second worst maritime peacetime disaster ever, but this article would suggest otherwise. Which is wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by -m-i-k-e-y- (talk • contribs) 19:12, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Exact death totals are hard to determine due to overloading and undercounting. List of maritime disasters shows the Le Joola as number four as to loss of life. This article should probably use a more general statement since we can't be completely sure.Shinerunner (talk) 23:03, 26 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Number of people who died[edit]

There seems to be a contradiction with one of the numbers:

first section: "The disaster resulted in the deaths of at least 1,863 people."

section 'The ship': "The estimated number on board at the time of the disaster was 1,863, over triple the rated capacity."

section 'Last voyage': "Of the estimated 2,000 passengers, only around 64 survived ..."

I take it that the figure 1,863 is taken from some source. Then this would either indicate the number of people who drowned or the number of people who were on board. In the latter case, given that 64 survived, the number of people who drowned would be 1,799; or vice versa, the number of people on board would be 1,927. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 37.143.177.54 (talk) 07:39, 26 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]