15 years since Egypt’s ‘worst maritime disaster’
Published date: 27 March 2021 18:35 GMT
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Last update: 3 years 1 month ago
15 years ago, a ferry carrying more than 1,400 people from Saudi Arabia to Egypt capsized in the Red Sea, killing over 1,000.
Regarded as Egypt’s ‘worst maritime disaster,’ it was one of many sea transport accidents that occur off Egypt’s coast or on the Nile.
Regarded as Egypt’s ‘worst maritime disaster,’ it was one of many sea transport accidents that occur off Egypt’s coast or on the Nile.
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