At least seven dead and more missing after boat carrying hundreds capsizes off Cyprus
A rescue operation was underway in the Mediterranean after a passenger boat carrying nearly 270 people heading from Northern Cyprus to Turkey capsized, killing at least seven people. The Prime Minister of the Turkish republic of northern Cyprus, Ünal Üstel, told Turkish media that 237 people had been rescued from the ship, and search efforts [...] The post At least seven dead and more missing…
A passenger boat carrying nearly 270 people from Northern Cyprus to Turkey capsized off the coast of Cyprus, resulting in at least seven deaths and more missing persons. The Turkish Prime Minister of Northern Cyprus, Ünal Üstel, reported that 237 individuals were rescued from the ship. Search efforts continued for 23 people. The vessel, named Filo Jet, was en route to Taşucu in southern Turkey when it began taking on water near the Cyprus coast.
Video footage showed people on the side of the capsized ship and others in life jackets in the water. The speaker of the Turkish parliament, Numan Kurtulmuş, expressed condolences to the victims' families. Four coastguard vessels from Northern Cyprus, a passenger vessel, and two coastguard helicopters participated in the rescue operations.
The ship was reportedly north of Kyrenia on Sunday morning before its position was lost. Live streams from Kyrenia depicted people rescued via helicopter and by rescue boats, with ambulances lining up at the harbor.
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