Boat with around 270 people on board capsizes off North Cyprus, media says
Rescuers reached 237 people as coast guard boats, helicopters and civilian vessels searched for 23 others after the ferry overturned, officials said.
- On Sunday, the Filo Jet ferry capsized off Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus, while carrying approximately 270 passengers and crew en route to Tasucu, Turkey, triggering a major search-and-rescue operation.
- The vessel departed Kyrenia at 12:30 p.m. and began taking on water shortly after, though Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel noted weather conditions had been considered suitable for travel despite Saturday's storms.
- Survivor Efe Multici told CNN Turk the ferry moved erratically before "the bow exploded," contradicting initial reports that the ship simply began taking on water from an unknown cause.
- Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Unal Ustel confirmed 237 people were rescued alive and seven deaths recovered, while authorities detained the ferry's captain and seven crew members for investigation.
- Turkish and Northern Cyprus authorities deployed naval vessels and helicopters to search for 23 missing passengers, as the wreckage settled at 514 metres depth, complicating recovery operations.
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A storm caused the accident of a ferry in Cyprus with 267 people on board.
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NICOSIA >> At least eight people died and 18 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off North Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull.
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A ferry with approximately 270 people on board has capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus, Cypriot media report. The coast guard and a rescue helicopter have been deployed. Other nearby vessels have also reportedly come to the rescue. The ship is now sinking, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Cevdet Yilmaz reports on X.
High-speed catamaran shipwrecked with 267 people on board and sank more than 500 meters deep. "Filojet" will have been caught by a storm and it is feared that the number of dead is greater than the eight already announced
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