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Ship collision kills Ukrainian, Indonesian-police
31 Aug 2007 11:32:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Adds comments from shipping official in Cyprus)

JERUSALEM, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Israeli forces retrieved the bodies on Friday of two Ukrainian and Indonesian sailors who died when an Israeli freighter sank following a collision with a Cypriot cruise ship off the coast of Haifa, police said.

The forces had rescued 11 crew from the Israeli-owned "Shelly" cargo vessel, but the freighter had sunk and its captain and crew member had gone down with it, officials said.

Israeli navy divers retrieved the bodies of the sailors following hours of rescue efforts. Israeli Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the captain was a 30-year-old from Indonesia and the crew member was a 22-year-old Ukrainian.

They were not identified by name.

Some 700 passengers and crew of the "Salamis Glory" cruise ship were unharmed by the collision near the northern port of Haifa and a spokesman for the company said they would be flown to Cyprus. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

"Salamis Glory passed inspection by the Greek authorities in Mytilini on Aug 19," said Kyriacos Kofteros, officer at the Cyprus Department of Merchant Shipping "They did not find any problems. In addition, the ship passed an inspection on June 30 by Lloyds experts".

Kofteros said experts from the shipping department would leave for Israel later on Friday to help authorities with the investigations.


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