sue943
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An Egyptian cruise ship with 1,300 people onboard has gone missing in the Red Sea. Lifeboats have ben spoted in the area.
BBC News
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skunkee
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Oh dear, this is awful news.
It's also unsettling as my husband and I have recently booked our very first cruise ever.
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sue943
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Ah but not in Egypt, and it seems to have been more of a ferry than a cruise ship AND sister ship to another that sunk!
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skunkee
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So it sounds like a line that isn't exactly following safety regulations.
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Frøya
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to me it sounds a bit like the titanic except for the iceberg, read just now in a norwegian onlinenewspaper that there weren't enough lifeboats onboard.
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ladymacb29
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Quote:
to me it sounds a bit like the titanic except for the iceberg, read just now in a norwegian onlinenewspaper that there weren't enough lifeboats onboard.
I hadn't heard anything but how many were rescued - so far, it's 250 of the around 1300 onboard.
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sue943
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It would appear that it isn't so much a cruise liner as a car ferry.
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I read yesterday that the authorities in charge declined help from a British warship and an American sub. They later changed their minds about the warship but decided that the sub was too far away to be of any assistance.
What a nightmare it must have been for those on the ferry. The screams of terror and cries for help will haunt the survivors for years.
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