Ship Sinks (1300 Passengers)

[Boo's Mom]

Ship sinks in the Red Sea...

 

 

http://www.ksat.com/news/6701604/detail.html?treets=ant&tml=ant_natlbreak&ts=T&tmi=ant_natlbreak_1_05420202032006

[Danno]

According to Canada AM...the ship was a 70's vintage, and the design was very unstable...shame.

[Boo's Mom]

Hey Dan,

 

It's very unfortunate.

 

It will "scare" a lot of folks away from cruising.

 

I hope the media will properly report the condition of the ship prior to sinking, etc...

 

So, was it a CRUISE ship.... or just a ship that hauled passengers? Anyone know?

[CruisingChick]

Hey Jill,

 

I read it was a passenger ship (i.e. like a ferry) carrying mostly Egyptian workers.

[barefootgirl]

Hi, it was a passenger ferry, running between Saudi and Egypt, mostly carrying Egyptian workers home from Saudi. The authorities have picked up a few survivors in the lifeboats so far, but sadly not very many.

 

I doubt this will put too many people off cruising...

[Danno]

I understand...roll on/roll off ferry. The photo looks very much like that.

[geoherb]

The Yahoo news article describes it as a ferry. The article goes on to say it was "carrying 1,318 people, including a crew of 96. It also was carrying about 220 vehicles."

 

Wikipedia lists ship and ferry disasters here. Most of the recent ones--the ones with the largest number of fatalities--are ferries.

[bonbon663]

It sounds like a whole bunch of things went wrong.

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[chasetf]

"Passengers said a fire broke out early in the trip and that it burned for hours." This is just too strange to be true. No SOS reported, and it was not know she sunk for a long time. Wonder if the Captain (or any of the officers) survived. :confused: And what their story will be.