A fisherman in his 50s is fighting for his life in a Perth hospital after a boat capsized off the Kimberley coast, with nine of his crewmates feared dead in the horror incident.

The man was on the Indonesian fishing vessel when it overturned about 180km west of Ashmore Reef.

A fisherman in his 50s is fighting for his life in a Perth hospital after a boat capsized off the Kimberley coast, with nine of his crewmates feared dead in the horror incident.
The man was on the Indonesian fishing vessel when it overturned about 180km west of Ashmore Reef.

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