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03-02-06, 11:43 AM

an egyptian cruise liner with 1300 people aboard has disappeared from the radar in the Red Sea near Saudi

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Planes and boats searched the Red Sea on Friday for a ferry which disappeared with some 1,300 passengers between the Saudi port of Duba and the Egyptian port of Safaga, a shipping company official said.

Coastal stations last had contact with the Al Salam 89 at about 10 p.m. (8:00 p.m. British time) on Thursday and did not receive any SOS message from the crew, official Adel Shukri said.

"Search and rescue planes and boats are out looking for it and we're trying to get in touch with it," added Shukri, the head of administration at el-Salam Maritime Transport.
He said he did not know what might have happened, but the weather on the Saudi side had been very poor, with high winds and rain. "All possibilities exist," he added.

The ferry, carrying mostly Egyptian workers back from Saudi Arabia, left Duba towards the north of the Red Sea at about 6.30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. British time) on Thursday and should have arrived in Safaga at about 2 a.m. (midnight British time). It had originally come from the Saudi port of Jeddah further south.

A Saudi border control official in Jeddah said: "We don't know yet what happened -- if it sank, or overturned, or what."

03-02-06, 11:45 AM

how can you lose a cruise liner

03-02-06, 11:49 AM

Jeez

that gives a whole new meaning to "I missed my boat today"

Supervox · 03-02-06, 11:50 AM

See http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...211215,00.html for the latest on this

03-02-06, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Supervox

See http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...211215,00.html for the latest on this

Oops...

bad news

03-02-06, 11:55 AM

how rough must it have been to have not had the chance to get an SOS out!?

frightening doesn't cover it really!

03-02-06, 12:08 PM

Oh god thats awful

Viney · 03-02-06, 12:11 PM

Did the Herald of Free Enterprize ever get and SOS out when it capsized many years ago?

Seriously scary stuff. Poor sods!

03-02-06, 12:22 PM

That is proper freaky!

03-02-06, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Viney

Did the Herald of Free Enterprize ever get and SOS out when it capsized many years ago?

Seriously scary stuff. Poor sods!

Just what I was thinking...bow doors again?

03-02-06, 11:50 AM	#4
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03-02-06, 11:45 AM	#2
Samurai Guest Posts: n/a	how can you lose a cruise liner

03-02-06, 11:49 AM	#3
Filipe M. Guest Posts: n/a	Jeez that gives a whole new meaning to "I missed my boat today"

03-02-06, 11:55 AM	#6
keithd Guest Posts: n/a	how rough must it have been to have not had the chance to get an SOS out!? frightening doesn't cover it really!

03-02-06, 12:08 PM	#7
Tara Guest Posts: n/a	Oh god thats awful

03-02-06, 12:11 PM	#8
Viney Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: In the shadows to the left Posts: 7,700	Did the Herald of Free Enterprize ever get and SOS out when it capsized many years ago? Seriously scary stuff. Poor sods!

03-02-06, 12:22 PM	#9
falc Guest Posts: n/a	That is proper freaky!