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TURKISH MERCHANT SHIP COLLIDES WITH PASSENGER FERRY, SINKS IN THE ADRIATIC
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 21, 2011 - 14:49 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Three sailors have died and five others are missing
after their Turkish merchant ship collided with a passenger ferry
and sank in the Adriatic, Albanian port authorities said.
The 3,300-ton Reina 1, sailing under a Maltese flag, sank immediately
after the collision in international waters with the car ferry Ankara,
said police spokeswoman Ornela Cako. The crash happened at about 1
a.m. (2300 GMT) Thursday some 30 kilometers from the Albanian port
of Durres.
One body was taken aboard the ferry while two others have been spotted
but not yet recovered due to rough seas, ports head Edmond Doraci
said. Two sailors were rescued.
The Reina 1, loaded with grain in the Black Sea Russian port of
Novorossiysk, had been headed to Bar, Montenegro, with a Turkish
crew of 10, according to Ahmed Soyturk, 54, one of the survivors,
speaking from the Durres hospital.
"It took only two minutes for the ship to go down," Soyturk said.
The two survivors were in good health, according to hospital personnel
in Durres.
No injuries were reported on the ferry, which had left Durres en
route for the Italian port of Bari with about 200 passengers. The
ferry has remained at the scene of the accident.
Police gave no information on the cause of the crash.
Police and military ships and helicopters have started a search and
rescue operation, The Associated Press reported.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
October 21, 2011 - 14:49 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Three sailors have died and five others are missing
after their Turkish merchant ship collided with a passenger ferry
and sank in the Adriatic, Albanian port authorities said.
The 3,300-ton Reina 1, sailing under a Maltese flag, sank immediately
after the collision in international waters with the car ferry Ankara,
said police spokeswoman Ornela Cako. The crash happened at about 1
a.m. (2300 GMT) Thursday some 30 kilometers from the Albanian port
of Durres.
One body was taken aboard the ferry while two others have been spotted
but not yet recovered due to rough seas, ports head Edmond Doraci
said. Two sailors were rescued.
The Reina 1, loaded with grain in the Black Sea Russian port of
Novorossiysk, had been headed to Bar, Montenegro, with a Turkish
crew of 10, according to Ahmed Soyturk, 54, one of the survivors,
speaking from the Durres hospital.
"It took only two minutes for the ship to go down," Soyturk said.
The two survivors were in good health, according to hospital personnel
in Durres.
No injuries were reported on the ferry, which had left Durres en
route for the Italian port of Bari with about 200 passengers. The
ferry has remained at the scene of the accident.
Police gave no information on the cause of the crash.
Police and military ships and helicopters have started a search and
rescue operation, The Associated Press reported.
From: A. Papazian