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Africa North
Ferry 'pressed on despite fire'
2006-02-06
A crew member of the ferry that sank Friday in the Red Sea said Sunday water used to extinguish a fire aboard caused the ship to list in heavy winds. The crew member said the fire occurred shortly after the ferry with 1,401 people aboard left the Saudi port of Doha, but that the ship's captain chose to continue the 195-kilometer (120-mile) voyage to Egypt. Radar contact with the ship was lost at midnight Thursday, three hours after it left port.

The crew member said the fire alarm sounded as a result of a fire in a truck on the second level of the ship. The ship's cargo included 22 cars and 16 trucks, said Maher Abdel-Wahed, Egypt's attorney general. Transportation Minister Mohammed Mansour said initial reports indicated the fire started in a storage luggage area, then spread to the ship's mechanical room.
Posted by:Fred

#1  Again, where is the captain? He got off that runaway boat at somebody's shore! My guess is that the government will hide him to bury any testimony about his non actions,ship regulations and inspections by his superiors!
Posted by: smn   2006-02-06 02:07  

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