Egyptian ferry with 1,415 on board sinks in Red Sea

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Egyptian ferry with 1,415 on board sinks in Red Sea

An Egyptian ferry carrying 1,415 people sank in the Red Sea overnight Friday on a trip from Saudi Arabia to Egypt as search and rescue teams picked up dozens of dead bodies from the water, official sources said on Friday.

Some survivors were also brought ashore at the Egyptian port of Safaga, where the ferry had been scheduled to arrive at 2 A.M. (midnight GMT) on Friday morning, they added.

A search and rescue plane spotted a lifeboat near where the 11,800-tonne Al Salam 98 last had contact with shore at about 10 P.M. (2000 GMT) on Thursday evening, one official said.

http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/678547.html

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