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Cargo ship carrying 80 people capsized near Lebanese coasts

Cargo ship carrying 80 people capsized near Lebanese coasts
# 18 December 2009 11:19 (UTC +04:00)
Baku. Ibad Bagirov – APA. Panamanian-flagged cargo ship Danny-FII carrying more than 80 people capsized near the Lebanese coasts. Three U.N. peacekeeping vessels, Lebanese army boats and Cyprus-based British military helicopters were involved in rescue operations, APA reports. Two bodies were already recovered from the sea. The rescue operations in 17 km from the port of Tripoli are hampered strong winds. The ship was transporting 43,000 sheep from Uruguay to Tartous in Syria. The crew members were mostly from the Philippines and Pakistan.
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