Cyprus Ferry Disaster
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Authorities in northern Cyprus search for 20 people missing after a ferry sinks, killing at least eight, while Turkey sends a deep-sea rescue vessel. Northern Cyprus arrests eight crew members and the owner’s manager on negligent homicide charges. Separately, Romanian footballer Florin Tănase travels to Cyprus for a medical examination ahead of his move to Omonia Nicosia.
Turkish deep-sea vessel joins search for 20 missing after Cyprus ferry disaster
Turkey has joined the search for 20 people still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the northern coast of Cyprus. The deep-sea search and rescue vessel TCG Isin is heading to the island to support the operation. It is expected to play a key role in locating Filo Jet’s voyage data recorder, which lies 514 metres below the surface. The high-speed ferry sank on Sunday, about four nautical m…
Cyprus searches for 20 missing after ferry sinks off coast, killing eight
More than 24 hours after the Filojet ferry sank off northern Cyprus, rescue teams were still searching for 20 missing people. The accident killed at least eight of the 267 people aboard, all of them T…
North Cyprus: 20 Still Missing After Sunday Shipwreck
Twenty people were still missing after a passenger vessel capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday. At least eight people died in the accident, and the vessel carried about 270 passengers and crew. Poli…
Florin Tănase Leaves for Cyprus and Explains His Break with FCSB: “No One at the Club Clarified the Situation”
Florin Tănase has left Romania for Cyprus after reaching an agreement with Omonia Nicosia, where he is scheduled to undergo a medical examination. If the tests go as planned, the former FCSB captain w…
Mother tells how daughter slipped away in north Cyprus ferry disaster
Ayten Bicer held on to her 12-year-old daughter as the ferry overturned off northern Cyprus. Then a suitcase fell on the girl, forcing her from her mother’s grasp. Bicer caught the child’s foot, but e…
Crew of Cyprus shipwreck charged with negligent homicide after eight deaths
A court in the Turkish Cypriot city of Girne ordered the arrest of a ship’s eight crew members after the catamaran sank north of Cyprus, killing eight people and leaving 18 missing. The court also ord…