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This article was published on December 28, 2014 at 11:13.
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A ferry Norman Atlantic started from Igoumenitsa to Ancona is in flames after a fire developed from the garage. According to preliminary information of firefighters who are reaching the ferry with several teams, would be lowered the boats and hundreds of people would be at sea.
“The sea conditions are not good, you work hard , we hope that everything goes well, “he told the private television station greek Minister of Defense, Nikos Dendias, following the rescue. The Minister of Merchant Marine, Miltiadis Varvitsiotis, said that “the Greek authorities are in contact with the Italian as the ship is 22 nautical miles from the Italian coast.”
The captain of the ferry Norman Atlantic launched the abandon ship after the fire broke out in the garage. About 150 of the 466 people on board including passengers and crew, have already managed to abandon ship and board the lifeboats. The rest has instead taken refuge on the upper floors of the ferry as a blackout would prevent the possibility of dropping the other lifeboats. The accident occurred about 22 kilometers from Vlor a (Albania).
The bad weather is making it extremely difficult rescue of persons on board the Italian ferry that caught fire at dawn off the coast of Greece : they should deal with high winds and rough seas, but also the fire on board. There are no victims at the time.
The Norman Atlantic and ‘sailed with almost 500 people between passengers and crew as well as more’ than 200 vehicles. The conditions are clmatiche estretamente adverse, with winds reaching force 8 on the Beaufort scale, rain and hail: for this, according to Greek media, only 35 of the approximately 160 people who were transferred on lifeboats could be rescued on the boats participating in the rescue.
The appeal d and passengers : “Help us, do not leave here”
“The passengers were on board the ferry argue, in phone calls to Greek media, that the conditions are “terrible” after the flames have seized two-thirds of the boat (which contradicts with the information that speak of fire under control). “We’re burning and sinking, no one can ‘save us,” said Nikos Papatheodosiou alarmed, on the phone with Greek TV. “Please help us, do not leave here.” The cold winter temperatures would also make the survival at sea very difficult unless the saving is not done quickly. The passengers remained on board are waiting on the upper deck of the ship in order to stay away as much ‘as possible by the flames.
“Our shoes had started to melt while we were in the reception area”: it told the Greek TV station Mega one of the passengers of the Norman Atlantic rescued. The fire in the garage, where there were about 195 cars, according to television, has provoked a strong heat throughout the ship. Fire on board the ferry Italian Norman Atlantic, party and from Corfu to Ancona.
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