Egypt ferry sinks
 

egyptian ferry has sunk so far 30 survivors out of 1,400

Authorities claim not to have received a distress signal...

I wonder what happened to the EPIRB. Hope it's not the famous "Sucked through the bridge wing" effect.

shouldnt laugh

but RAF Kilnoss has picked up the distress beacon from the ship and the british were the first to find it

Terrible news, panicked at first when i heard a cruise ship had gone down as my mom and dad are on one near mexico. Later confirmed as the red sea.

Just out of interest. If a beacon transmits on 121.5 then RAF Kinloss ignore it on the first pass of the sats and wait for a second pass to confirm it.

So considering we waited for a second pass, we still were first

God bless the queen and her beautiful armed forces :cry:

now saying 200 people saved

http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...lt-384x256.jpg

Heres what she looked like. Not the prettiest vessel ever, didnt look to stable either, tall and skinny with a vehicle deck that's doors were probably not mainatained too well.


Any idea yet as to what cause her loss?

i have a hunch same as estonia but instead of the bow door its the stern door that fell off flooding the car deck sinking it.

I wonder if this will spell the end for RO-RO (roll on, roll of) ferrys, as the papers are already blaming the RO-RO design for the disaster. Personally...I blame the lack of lifeboats! Didn't international law ever learn from the Titanic? You need to have a spot on a lifeboat for each person aboard!

I dont think so. It might spell the end of RO-RO's operated by cheap companies held to weak developing nation safety standards.

Modern, safe ships in competent hands are perfectly safe. But from the looks of that ship, i wouldn't have boarded her to cross the red sea if you had payed me.

Wasn't me, honest

I have personaly served on RORO ships, and they are very seaworthy vessels, but yes they do have a few design flaws.

Europe is trying to phase out RORO vessel all together as they constitue a massive saftey issue, in a space of 10 years i can think of three such disasters on RORO ferrys.

Scandanavian star

Herald of free enterprise

Estonia

1987 to 1994 thats 7 years and these three accident took place.

Yes it was. :yep:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/mid...st/4680752.stm

I've heard a lot of people comparing this with the Titanic. Just goes to show how little is learnt by some countries nearly 100 years on.

why exactly did she sink?

Survivors are saying that there was a fire aboard, not enough lifeboats, and finally...the crew "hoarded" the life jackets.