Liner Vanishes Off Radar Friday February 3, 10:56 AM

Liner Vanishes Off Radar Friday February 3, 10:56 AM

An Egyptian cruise liner with 1,300 people on board has disappeared from radar screens.Helicopters have spotted bodies in the Red Sea where the ship went missing.One helicopeter crew has also reported seeing a lifeboat carrying three people.

The ship, Salaam 89, was last seen on radar off the Saudi coast and vanished last night about 7pm local time.

Saudi and Egyptian naval vessels and helicopters are searching for survivors but say the operation is being hampered by bad weather.

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maritime official at Suez said: "We lost all contact with the ship shortly after it left the Saudi port."

The liner disappeared shortly after sailing from the Saudi Arabian port of Dubah and should have arrived at the Egyptian port of Safaga at 3am today.

Its last position on the radar screens was 62 miles from Dubah.

David Osler, industrial editor at Lloyd's List, said: "It does look like we are fearing the worst."

He described the ship as a roll on, roll off passenger ferry dating back to the 1970s.

He said: "The problem is with this type of ferry is they only need a relatively small amount of water to get on board to start an uncontrollable rocking effect that capsizes the ship."

The ship is owned Egyptian company El Salaam Maritime Transport.

Most of the passengers are believed to be Egyptians working in Saudi Arabia.

A sister ship, the Al Salam 95, sank in the Red Sea in October after a collision with a Cypriot

How do you know this 7 minutes on? I'm sure the coastguard have more important things to do.

well i dont know!!!

its weird though

Oh, thats when the news story was reported....

**sits down**

Yeah sit

she knows everything she a trophey for football

Yes i do AND

and what ?


i was pointing it out you fool

Did you point out the fact you are a ned?:angel2:

nope ,you seem to bring this out quite a bit ,id like tou to highlight where i said i am a ned or how you come to the conclusion that iam one

Your scottish thats enough :cyber:

It's a prerequisite for supporting the huns n'est pas?

you like harddstyle your point is invalid

I like all types of music

Go away and listen to some then.

Re: Liner Vanishes Off Radar Friday February 3, 10:56 AM

That must have been one tough cypriot

Re: Re: Liner Vanishes Off Radar Friday February 3, 10:56 AM

After you mate shut the door after you

WTF ianmc, Why you giving a female such a hard time within every thread you possibly can?

Is it the school thing, where you would persecute the girl you fancy?

I know she can speak for herself, however..

Get some nuts and leave her alone you skirt wearing, haggis shaggin fucktard!

Not nice is it!


pls dont ban me, but this lad has done my tits in today!

Its ok, we got off on the wrong foot when I joined here Ian ‘I think’ is ok