Names Published of Dead, Missing From Ferry Accident
Rescuers searched for 20 missing people as authorities ordered the captain into custody and began investigating the sinking.
- On Sunday, a ferry carrying 259 passengers and eight crew capsized four nautical miles off the coast of Kyrenia; authorities confirmed eight deaths and 20 people remain missing.
- Several survivors reported hearing what sounded like an explosion shortly before the vessel capsized, while the captain attempted to return to port after the boat began taking on water.
- Rescuers in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus pulled 239 people to safety, though the search continues for 20 others; the ferry now rests at 514 metres depth.
- Charged with negligent homicide, nine crew members appeared in court in Kyrenia, while police detained the captain and 15 others as Northern Cyprus began three days of mourning.
- TRNC President Tufan Erhurman stated that divers are retrieving data from the vessel's "black box" to determine the cause, vowing to hold the ferry company "will certainly be held accountable.
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Names published of dead, missing from ferry accident
The names of the eight people who died and the 20 who remain missing after a ferry sank off the coast of Kyrenia were announced by Turkish Cypriot ‘labour minister’ Oguzhan Hasipoglu on Monday afternoon. All eight who are confirmed as having died as a result of the accident were…
Estimates that the 20 missing after the sinking of the Filojet catamaran off the coast of Kyrenia are trapped inside the sunken ship.
The 20 people missing after the sinking of a Filojet catamaran off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday are likely trapped inside the sunken ship, 550 meters below the seabed, authorities said today. The bodies of eight Turks
The 20 people missing after the sinking of the Filojet catamaran off the coast of Kyrenia on Sunday are likely trapped inside the sunken ship.
Twenty people are missing after the sinking of the Filojet catamaran off the coast of Kyrenia and are estimated to be trapped in the sunken ship at 550 meters. So far, eight bodies have been recovered, while searches are ongoing.
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