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Greece searches for migrant ship after distress call | Greece searches for migrant ship after distress call |
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Greece is sending a navy frigate and a helicopter to locate a cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants in the northern Ionian Sea after authorities received a distress call from someone on board. | Greece is sending a navy frigate and a helicopter to locate a cargo ship believed to be carrying hundreds of migrants in the northern Ionian Sea after authorities received a distress call from someone on board. |
The ship, the Moldovan-flagged Blue Sky M, was sailing in poor weather near the tiny island of Othonoi, north-west of Corfu. A merchant marine ministry official said the distress call came from one of the passengers on board the ship, which is believed to be carrying between 400 and 600 migrants. | |
The incident comes two days after a passenger ferry, the Norman Atlantic, with more than 400 people on board, caught fire in the same area, leading to a huge rescue operation by Italian and Greek coastguard and military officials. At least 10 people died in that incident, and the search is continuing for others feared missing. | |
The Greek frigate Navarino, which is heading to locate the cargo ship, was in the area assisting in the rescue operation for the Norman Atlantic. | The Greek frigate Navarino, which is heading to locate the cargo ship, was in the area assisting in the rescue operation for the Norman Atlantic. |
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