What is the latest on the Silivri ship accident? Have the 10 missing sailors been found?
Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
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- Two Turkish-flagged commercial ships collided 18 miles south of Silivri in the Marmara Sea on Sept. 2.
- The dry cargo ship Tuฤberk ฤฐmamoฤlu was believed to have sunk about 11 minutes after the collision, and authorities could not contact its 10 crew members.
- Search and rescue teams continued operations, while the names of the missing sailors were released.
Search and rescue operations continued after two Turkish-flagged commercial ships collided off Silivri in the Marmara Sea. The accident occurred 18 miles south of Silivri, as the ALSU tanker traveled from Kocaeli to Aliaฤa and the Tuฤberk ฤฐmamoฤlu was sailing from ฤฐskenderun to Karadeniz Ereฤli.
The Tuฤberk ฤฐmamoฤlu, a dry cargo ship, was believed to have sunk about 11 minutes after the collision. Authorities said they could not establish contact with the vessel or its 10 crew members. The ALSU was reported to have suffered no damage.
The missing sailors were identified as Nidai Duman, Aydฤฑn Demirci, Abdรผlbaki Mirzaoฤlu, Gencer Aydฤฑn, Eyรผp Enes Cesur, Onuralp Demir, Yaลar Kayhan, Nacican Keskin, Rahmi Temel and Atakan Alagรถz.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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