At least seven people have died and 23 were missing after a ferry carrying around 270 passengers and crew capsized off north Cyprus, leaving survivors clinging to its overturned hull.
The privately owned ferry left Kyrenia port at 12:30pm local time and immediately started taking on water for an unknown reason, authorities said. It was heading for the Turkish port of Tasucu in the eastern Mediterranean.
Survivors reported the ferry moving erratically, with its last hard impact with the water’s surface breaking the bow of the two-hulled vessel, allowing water to seep in. #ferry #boat #capsize #cyprus #mediterranean
