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3rd February 2006, 12:30 PM
NDTV Correspondent
Friday, February 3, 2006 (Cairo):
An Egyptian passenger ship carrying 1,300 people has sunk in the Red Sea, head of the Egyptian Maritime Authority Mahfouz Taha Marzouk said.
According to reports, 'Salaam 98' sunk 64 kilometers off the Egyptian port of Hurghada.
Helicopters have spotted bodies floating on the sea and one lifeboat carrying three people in the vicinity of where the ship was last seen on radar screens.
Earlier, the ship had disappeared from radar screens shortly after sailing from the western Saudi port of Dubah at 7 pm local time (1600 GMT) on Thursday night.
The ship was due to have arrived at Egypt's southern port of Safaga at 3 am local time but didn't arrive. And its last position on the radar screens was 100 kilometres from Dubah.
"We lost all contact with the ship shortly after it left the Saudi port," said one maritime official at Suez.
Dubah and Safaga lie virtually opposite each other, about 120 miles apart, at the northern end of the Red Sea.
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Friday, February 3, 2006 (Cairo):
An Egyptian passenger ship carrying 1,300 people has sunk in the Red Sea, head of the Egyptian Maritime Authority Mahfouz Taha Marzouk said.
According to reports, 'Salaam 98' sunk 64 kilometers off the Egyptian port of Hurghada.
Helicopters have spotted bodies floating on the sea and one lifeboat carrying three people in the vicinity of where the ship was last seen on radar screens.
Earlier, the ship had disappeared from radar screens shortly after sailing from the western Saudi port of Dubah at 7 pm local time (1600 GMT) on Thursday night.
The ship was due to have arrived at Egypt's southern port of Safaga at 3 am local time but didn't arrive. And its last position on the radar screens was 100 kilometres from Dubah.
"We lost all contact with the ship shortly after it left the Saudi port," said one maritime official at Suez.
Dubah and Safaga lie virtually opposite each other, about 120 miles apart, at the northern end of the Red Sea.
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