Ferry Captain and Crew Charged After 8 Die in 514-Metre Cyprus Sinking

Eight people died and 18 remain missing after the FILO Jet passenger ferry sank off Kyrenia in northern Cyprus on Sunday. Authorities have detained the vessel’s captain and seven crew members as part of a criminal investigation into the disaster, which left 241 survivors. The detained crew members told a Kyrenia court that the ferry’s bow fractured after encountering powerful waves, causing rapid flooding. They claimed weather conditions were normal when the vessel departed Kyrenia Port in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) for Tasucu in Turkey. Unable to…

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