ATHENS, Nov 26 (Reuters) – One individual has died and 12 individuals had been lacking on Sunday after a cargo ship carrying salt with 14 crew on board sank off the island of Lesbos, the Greek coast guard stated.
The Comoros-flagged “Raptor” had departed from El Dekheila port in Egypt and was certain for Istanbul when it reported a mechanical failure and issued a misery name early on Sunday, the coast guard added.
“One physique recovered from the realm,” a coast guard official instructed Reuters including that one individual was rescued by helicopter and was taken to the island’s hospital.
Eight of the crew had been Egyptians and the remaining had been Syrian and Indian nationals.
Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Writing by Renee Maltezou; Enhancing by Jan Harvey, David Goodman and Alexander Smith
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