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Pella has finally sunk
Four days after the fire on board the "Pella" sank in the Red Sea on Nov 7, 2011. Attempts to pull the ship to Aqaba had failed before, and the "Pella" hadsank during a salvage operation after the ship’s structure had been eroded by fire. The wreck foundered on a water depth of 750 metres ten miles off Aqaba. No pollution reported. In the fire, one passenger died, 44 more were injured and on the whole at least 1230 people rescued, and the investigations have revealed that the number of those onboard had exceeded the vessel’s maximum capacity of 700 passengers. Egyptian investigators also failed to locate an official travel permit for the ship.
Ferry still afloat
An official from Egypt's Red Sea ports authority initially said the "Pella" sank after the fire had caused extensive damage, but later reported that it was still partly afloat about 17 nautical miles from Aqaba when the fire broke out. 27 people were injured.
Red Sea ferry sinks, one passenger dies
Nearly all Passengers escaped on lifeboats, one passenger was killed when a fire broke out on a ferry carrying more than 1,200 people from the Jordanian Red Sea port of Aqaba to Egypt Thursday, Egyptian officials said, Reuters reports. An official from Egypt's Red Sea ports authority said the ferry sank after the fire had caused extensive damage. The vessel had been heading for the Egyptian port of Nuweiba. It had travelled about 15 nautical miles from Aqaba when the fire took hold. "Thanks be to God, all the passengers on the Pella ferry were saved ... There were no dead or injured," Egypt's ruling military said in a statement published on its Facebook page. The army said passengers were brought to Nuweiba but the Egyptian official said they were taken to Aqaba. The official said there were six injured, most only lightly. Egyptian state television said Egyptian naval launches and military aircraft were involved in the rescue. The maritime official said the passengers were mainly Egyptian expatriate workers returning home. The vessel is owned by Arab Bridge Maritime Company (AB Maritime), a joint venture between the governments of Jordan, Egypt and Iraq. Source: http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE7A21KS20111103 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15571187 http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/03/8616543-egyptian-ferry-fire-causes-1-death-injures-several
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