ANKARA – Two crew members were found dead after a Panama-flagged cargo shipsunk off Turkey’s Black Sea coast on Monday, officials said.
“The total number of crew members rescued alive is seven and our teamshave found the bodies of two. Our rescue efforts continue,” the governor’soffice of the northern Turkish province of Samsun said on Twitter.
The governorate had earlier said there were 13 crew members including nineUkrainians, two Azerbaijanis and two Russians.
The ship encountered trouble 80 nautical miles from Samsun province and hadsent a distress call at 8.10am (0510 GMT).
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The cause of the incident was not given.
A plane, four helicopters and several rescue boats were on hand to find themissing crew, the governor’s office said in a separate statement. – APP/AFP
