Istanbul - The sinking of a ferry in Turkey inder on Monday night has come at least one person died.
About 30 people were injured, around 20 passengers were alsvermisst, reported the Anatolia news agency.
A truck driver was taking the ship's grave charges: instead of life vests, the team had distributed raincoats to the passengers.
On board the "Hayat N" there were about 100 people. Leaving the ferry that currently the port of Bandirma imNordwesten the country in the direction of Istanbul had bekamkurz before midnight to one side and went under in wenigenhundert meters away from the coast.
"The ship versankinnerhalb half an hour," said Mayor Recep Eraydin.
At the rescue in the Sea of Marmara participated zunächstFischer from Bandirma and surrounding villages. Later auchHubschrauber the Turkish military with night vision devices of the Coast Guard sowieSchiffe used.
Around 70 people were rescued, among them all 30 crew. Some passengers managed to swim ashore.
The CNN-Turk said the captain, there appears to have caused the accident schlechtverteilte charge. Passagiereberichteten rescued, the ship had begun to fluctuate suddenly, before Essich lay on its side and sank.
