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Egypt: Ferry Tragedy

Categories: Middle East & North Africa, Egypt

It is one of the worst disasters in Egyptian maritime history [1]. At or around midnight on friday, the ferry As-Salam 98, carrying 1,414 passengers from Saudi Arabia to Safaga, sank in the Red Sea after a fire broke out on the car deck… Other distraught relatives pointed to chaotic management and lack of adequate or timely information about the rescue effort, Baheyya said.