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Ferry Sinks In Bahrain!  
User currently offlineRootsAir From Costa Rica, joined Feb 2005, 4179 posts, RR: 45
Posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 2 days ago) and read 712 times:

Apparetnly a ferry has sunk off Bahrain with many people on boad.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/03/30/bahrain.ship.ap/index.html

Another horrible story! We need not that !

[Edited 2006-03-30 23:13:35]


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User currently offlinePrebennorholm From Denmark, joined Mar 2000, 6017 posts, RR: 55
Reply 1, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 681 times:

Danish news reports : At least 44 passengers dead. Passengers were mostly "western" tourists.

This is about a month after an Egyptian ferry sunk with almost a thousand casualties.


Always keep your number of landings equal to your number of take-offs, Preben Norholm
User currently offlineEWS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 2, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 681 times:

BBC just reported around 60 people have been rescued from the water.

Lew

User currently offlineAirPacific747 From Denmark, joined May 2008, 2091 posts, RR: 23
Reply 3, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago) and read 672 times:

Quoting Prebennorholm (Reply 1):
At least 44 passengers dead

I heard that they are "just" missing and its not sure that they are dead, although its most likely.

User currently offlineDogfighter2111 From United Kingdom, joined Nov 2004, 1968 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 22 hours ago) and read 671 times:

BBC just reporting that 48 bodies have been pulled from the water. 60 people have been saved.

Thanks
Mike

User currently offlineCO7e7 From United States of America, joined Dec 2004, 2848 posts, RR: 2
Reply 5, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 641 times:

Quoting Prebennorholm (Reply 1):
At least 44 passengers dead

Al Jazeera is reporting 57 dead. Here's the link in english:
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exer...56-265A-468A-8977-28B4FB8AF53C.htm

RIP to all dead people!

User currently offlineME AVN FAN From Switzerland, joined May 2002, 13874 posts, RR: 28
Reply 6, posted (7 years 1 month 3 weeks 1 day 3 hours ago) and read 627 times:

That looks like being the "final" :
-
CONFIRMED DEAD
17 Indians
12 Britons
4 South Africans
4 Singaporeans
3 Pakistanis
3 Filipinos
1 Irish
1 German
12 others

CONFIRMED SURVIVORS
30 Indians
9 Britons
8 South Africans
5 Filipinos
3 Bahrainis
3 Egyptians
2 Singaporeans
1 Bangladeshi
1 Pole
1 Pakistani
1 Nepali
1 American
1 Sri Lankan
1 Thai
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