Africa Map

African Press Agency

African Press Agency Logo
   

 Home
 Country Profile
 Useful Links
 Contact us

Home

EGYPT/CARGO SHIPBack
[Published: Monday March 09 2009]

Egypt searches Red Sea for capsized cargo ship

 

Ismailia, Egypt, 09 March -(ANA) Egyptian rescue teams are searching for 20 missing sailors after their cargo ship capsized in the Red Sea, sources at Egypt's port authority say.

 

Rescuers using helicopters had picked-up six crew members of the ship, carrying about 5,600 tonnes of glassworks from Egypt to the United Arab Emirates, after it went down near the Egyptian port of Safaga.

 

The sources could not immediately say why the ship, with a crew of Sudanese, Indians, and Pakistanis, had capsized.

 

In 2006, an Egyptian ferry sank in the Red Sea, killing more than 1,000 passengers. (ANA)

FA/ANA/09 March 2009---

 


North South News website

Advertise banner

News icon EU/Kenya/Pesticides
News icon UN/Israel/Gza
News icon US/Israel/Gaza
News icon Pakistan/ISI Interference
News icon EU/North Africa
News icon Senegal/Elections
News icon Israel/Gaza Massacre
News icon Russia/NATO
News icon Gaza/Victims Number
News icon Kenya/Uganda

AFRICAN PRESS AGENCY Copyright © 2005 - 2007