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A ferry with 267 passengers and crew aboard capsized off the coast of northern Cyprus on Sunday, resulting in at least eight deaths and nearly 20 people missing. The vessel, which was traveling from Kyrenia to Tasucu, Turkey, took on water and flipped over, with survivors clinging to the hull until they were rescued. Diving teams are now searching the deep waters for additional survivors and the cause of the accident is under investigation.
Captain of vessel and seven crew detained for questioning after incident near holiday resort and port of Kyrenia Ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus. Boat with nearly 270 people on board started taking on water just offshore.
Video: ReutersNearly 20 people were missing on Monday after a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight, as divers joined search teams scouring deep waters for any survivors. The double-hulled ferry with 267 aboard took in water and flipped over on Sunday just off the port city of Kyrenia, leaving survivors clinging to the overturned hull. They were rescued by passing vessels and the coastguard authorities.
“We’ve been waiting since the morning, for 12 hours or maybe more,” said Naif Ezer, one of those waiting anxiously outside the port for news of passengers through the early hours of Monday. Of three friends traveling home to see families, one had been found but the other two were still missing, he added.
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The ferry ran into trouble shortly after leaving Kyrenia for the Turkish port of Tasucu in Mersin province, one of several daily sea shuttle links with Turkey. Separate accounts said the wide-bodied vessel jolted violently before slamming onto the sea surface, with part of its bow bursting open on impact. At least eight dead and 17 missing after ferry capsizes off northern CyprusA Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home.
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