"Egyptian ferry with 1300 passengers sinks in Red Sea" -bbc

Graham

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4676916.stm

'No SOS'


goto the bbc homepage and they have live streaming of the report

sank approximatly 12 hours ago.

currently have a previous passenger saying that the ship would roll extremly badly in calm water, was heavily rusted, toilets would shoot water when flushed, lack of life-boats, etc. That was 5 years ago... The night it sank it was a thunder storm (very unusual).

'the ship meats all safty requirements' according to the government.

only one lifeboat has been found so far, with only 3 people.

the sister ship collided with another ship just a few months ago..
 
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Graham said:
only one lifeboat has been found so far, with only 3 people

:oops:

Thats very shocking. I had thought there were more survivors found... I'm also saddened that the majority of passengers were returning from Mecca. Truely a tragedy.
 
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