Search Continues After Ferry Capsizes Off Northern Cyprus

Nearly 20 still missing after north Cyprus ferry capsize kills eight - Reuters

Nearly 20 still missing after north Cyprus ferry capsize kills eight  Reuters

Search continues for 18 passengers after ferry capsized in northern Cyprus

Eight people have died after the ferry started taking on water shortly after setting off for Turkey.

Survivors of Cyprus Ferry Sinking Describe a Harrowing Escape

“My daughter slipped away from my hands,” one survivor told a Turkish news channel.

By Ben Hubbard and Gulsin Harman

Nearly 20 people still missing after ferry capsizes ⁠off northern Cyprus

Divers join search teams scouring deep waters for ⁠any survivors, with eight people so far confirmed to have died Nearly 20 people are still missing after a ferry capsized ⁠off northern Cyprus, killing at least eight, as divers join search teams scouring deep waters for ⁠any survivors. The double-hulled ⁠ferry ​with 267 people onboard took in water and flipped over on Sunday just off the port city ⁠of Kyrenia, leaving survivors clinging to the upturned hull. They were rescued by passing vesse...

By Reuters in Nicosia

Rescuers Hunt For Missing After Deadly N.Cyprus Ferry Accident - Barron's

Rescuers Hunt For Missing After Deadly N.Cyprus Ferry Accident  Barron's

Cyprus ferry survivors describe terror on sinking ship as others drowned around them

‘We saw and witnessed a family’s children, boys and girls, very young children, drowning’

By Andrew Wilks

Leaders postpone meeting after ferry disaster

The scheduled meeting between President Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman on Wednesday was on Monday postponed. it will now take place next Wednesday, September 9 at 10.30am government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. The rescheduling followed a request from the Turkish Cypriot side and comes after a ferry with over 250 passengers capsized […]

Mother tells how daughter slipped away in north Cyprus ferry disaster

"She was saying, 'Don't let go'. And I didn't let go of my daughter. I swear, I didn't let her go," Ayten Bicer sobbed.

At least eight people dead and 17 missing after ferry sinks off coast of Cyprus

Privately owned boat which was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew began taking on water for an unknown reason on Sunday afternoon

By Daren Butler and Michele Kambas

Christodoulides-Erhürman meeting postponed after Kyrenia boat disaster

President Nikos Christodoulides’s planned September 2 meeting with Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman has been postponed to next week, following a deadly shipwreck off occupied Kyrenia, Government Spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said. A separate meeting between the two sides’ negotiators, also scheduled, has been postponed as well. Negotiators are expected to be in touch within the […]

By Newsroom

Mother tells how daughter slipped away in north Cyprus ferry disaster

Ayten Bicer felt her 12-year-old daughter slip from her hands and disappear as a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least eight people.

By Reuters

Survivors of Cypriot ferry disaster describe terror and panic aboard sinking ship - eKathimerini.com

Survivors of Cypriot ferry disaster describe terror and panic aboard sinking ship  eKathimerini.com

Eight dead, 18 missing after ferry sinks off Turkish Cyprus

Eight people died and 18 remained missing after a passenger ferry carrying 267 people capsized and sank off Turkish Cyprus, as search and rescue operations continued on Aug. 31.

18 missing as captain, crew face court over Cyprus ferry disaster

The captain and seven crew members of the Filo Jet passenger ferry, along with a company employee, were brought before the Girne (Kyrenia) District Court on Monday as authorities i...

Egypt offers condolences to Cyprus over deadly ferry accident - Foreign Affairs - Egypt - Ahram Online

Egypt offers condolences to Cyprus over deadly ferry accident - Foreign Affairs - Egypt  Ahram Online

“Everyone survived by their own means”: Shocking testimonies, investigation into the causes, and anguish over those missing after the sinking off Kyrenia

Eight dead, captain and seven others detained – “Filo Jet” lies at a depth of 514 metres as search continues for the black box The post “Everyone survived by their own means”: Shocking testimonies, investigation into the causes, and anguish over those missing after the sinking off Kyrenia appeared first on ProtoThema English.

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Eight killed and 18 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus - the-star.co.ke

Eight killed and 18 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus  the-star.co.ke

At least eight dead after shipwreck off Cyprus - The Copenhagen Post

At least eight dead after shipwreck off Cyprus  The Copenhagen Post

Eight killed and 18 missing after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus

At least eight people have died and 18 others are still missing after a passenger boat capsized off northern Cyprus, the head of the Turkish administration there has said.

By Abubakar Ibrahim