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Bahrain wreck at midnight, 150 multi-country passengers were rescued and 60 people were rescued

2018-11-06
Shipwreck at midnight, more than 150 tourists fell into the water
At midnight on the 30th, local time, a multi-national staff of a large Bahrain company, ordinary Western tourists and a handful of guest workers working in Bahrain accidentally sank in the waters of the Persian Gulf, less than a mile from the coast.
After the incident, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Bahrain immediately organized personnel to carry out rescue operations. From the TV screen, the rescuers wearing red life jackets were seeing the bodies of the victims wrapped in white plastic cloth.
Moving from a small rubber dinghy, other rescuers carried the bodies of the victims off the stretcher, while the speedboats with bright searchlights shuttled back and forth between the wrecked waters.
The Interior Minister of Bahrain later revealed that there were a total of 150 passengers and crew on the sunken Bahrain ferry.
At least 44 people were killed, more than 60 people were rescued
Bahrain’s Minister of the Interior Kazakhstan later confirmed: “We have rescued at least 60 people. At present, the rescue operation is still in progress, and God bless, hoping to save more survivors.
Among the survivors of the hospital, there are citizens of the United Kingdom, India, South Africa and Singapore. In addition, we have searched the bodies of at least 44 victims. ”
Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Bresno, a spokesman for the US 5th Fleet in Bahrain, confirmed to the Associated Press that the US military sent helicopters, boats and divers to the scene for assistance. At the scene, the reporter can see
Two helicopters flew low above the shipwreck waters.
The cause of the crash is still under investigation, basically eliminating the possibility of terror
So far, there is no reason for the ferry crash, and the weather on the day of the accident is quite good, so the situation is under investigation.
The Bahraini government has now basically ruled out terrorist factors. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry spokesman Major Mohammed said that this incident should be an ordinary accident, but the specific reason is “still under investigation”.
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