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Survivors of shipwreck repatriated

Seven survivors of the "Tinaztepe S" were repatriated and brought to Istanbul on March 20. They arrived at Ataturk Airport at 3.30 p.m. Also the official procedures for the transport of four bodies was completed by the Misurata Consulate. The two missing crew members have not yet been found despite dive operations which were continued depending on the weather conditions. The water temperature was five degrees C. Among the deceased was Dogan Tuğbay, the second captain of the ship, aged 66 years and coming from İzmir. He was a retired marine petty officer and captain for 23 years. He worked as a second captain after his retirement in 1994 and has been captain between Marmaris and Rhodes for the last four years. Tuğbay'ın lost his life because the captain of the ship was ill and he accepted to take over the task instead of returning to his relatives. The "Tinaztepe S", loaded with a cargo of marble dust, had broken in two amidships in rough seas and sank soon after in deep water about 2,5 miles off Misurata on March 16 at 12.30 a.m. Turkish reports with photos: http://www.virahaber.com/mv-tinaztepe-s-gemisinin-batma-goruntuleri-ortaya-cikti-44098h.htm http://www.denizhaber.com.tr/mv-tinaztepe-sin-kurtulan-murettebati-turkiyeye-geldi-haber-73337.htm

Bodies of three crew members found

The Libyan Coastguard recovered bodies of three crew members from the ""Tinaztepe S". The search for three other crew members was still ongoing, while seven have been rescued afte rthe vessel sank near Misurata in northwestern Libya. Necessary arrangements are being made to repatriate the victims’ bodies to Turkey.

Cargo ship sank off Misrata

The "Tinaztepe" sank on the Misurata anchorage in the afternoon Mar 16, 2017, at 11.51 a.m. being caught in rough weather. The vessel was moored 2,5 miles off the coast waiting to berth to offload its cargo of 3,120 tons of marble crust when it started to leak in the raging storm with wave heights of four meters, obviously being too old to withstand the forces. Six of the 13 Turkish crew members went missing, seven were rescued. The SAR operation of the Libyan Coastguard was going on. The rescued crew members were taken to a nearby hotel where they were undergoing health checkups. The operator Batu Shipping sent representatives to Libya to make sure there were no visa problems for the survivors. The ship had left from Marmara Island at 08:00 a.m. bound to Misurata.