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Rescuers locate shipwreck off Istanbul

From The Express Tribune · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Newswire Named sources Ongoing story
  • Turkey’s navy located the wreckage of the Tugberk Imamoglu in the Sea of Marmara after it collided with an oil tanker.
  • Ten crew members remain missing following the pre-dawn collision near Istanbul.
  • An underwater robot found the wreck at a depth of 710 metres and recorded a large rupture in its midship section.

Turkey’s navy has located the wreckage of a cargo ship that sank off Istanbul after colliding with an oil tanker. Ten crew members remain missing.

The empty tanker ALSU struck the Tugberk Imamoglu, which was carrying rolled steel, in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul during a pre-dawn collision earlier this week.

The TCG Akin vessel of our Naval Forces Command, which we are currently aboard, has located the wreck of the sunken ship.

· Davut GulThe Istanbul governor announced that Turkey’s navy had found the sunken cargo vessel.

Istanbul Governor Davut Gul said the TCG Akin, a naval vessel, had located the wreck. A naval officer said an underwater robot found it at a depth of 710 metres and captured four images near the bow.

Footage showed a large rupture in the vessel’s midship area.

At a depth of 710 metres, we obtained four images using an underwater robot deployed near the bow section of the Tugberk Imamoglu.

· Unnamed naval officerThe officer described how the navy located and documented the wreck.
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