1 dead in Bosporus Strait container ship collision
- Türkiye
- AP
- Published Date: 07:14 | 17 June 2021
- Modified Date: 07:15 | 17 June 2021
A container ship and a fishing boat collided in Istanbul's Bosporus Strait, killing one person Thursday.
Turkey's Directorate General of Coastal Safety said the ship AS ROSAILA hit a 7-meters-long (23-foot-long) fishing boat under Istanbul's Yavuz Sultan Selim Bridge and the boat sunk.
The coastal safety directorate said its units recovered the body of a Turkish national and rescued two injured people from the fishing vessel.
The Marine Traffic website says the 180-meters-long (590-foot-long) container ship AS ROSAILA sailed under the flag of Portugal and was heading to Constanta in Romania.
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