chavirer

Quatre jours auparavant, le 18 juillet, une pirogue avec au moins 100 passagers avait chaviré 90 milles au sud de Tenerife, durant les opérations de secours.
Four days before, the 18th July, a pirogue with at least 100 passengers capsized 90 miles south off Tenerife, during the rescue operations.
Nous avons appris que ce matin, un bateau transportant plus de deux cent migrants, qui avait été repéré au large de Lampedusa, avait chaviré en raison des mauvaises conditions météorologiques.
We learned that, early this morning, a boat with over two hundred migrants, spotted off Lampedusa, capsized because of poor sea conditions.
Trois naufrages ont été enregistrés depuis le 15 janvier, lorsque les garde-côtes grecs ont secouru 20 migrants syriens et iraquiens d’un bateau qui avait chaviré au large de l’île d’Agathonisi.
Three shipwrecks have been recorded since January 15th, when the Greek Coast Guard rescued 20 Syrian and Iraqi migrants from a boat which capsized off Agathonisi Island.
Vingt-quatre heures s'étaient écoulés depuis que le navire avait chaviré.
Twenty-four hours had now passed since the capsizing of the ship.
Le bateau était parti en mer la semaine précédente et avait chaviré en raison des mauvaises conditions climatiques.
The boat had gone out to sea over a week ago and had capsized in the ocean due to rough weather conditions.
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