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| Two drown as cargo ships collide off south-west Greece | Two drown as cargo ships collide off south-west Greece |
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| Two people drowned and eight are still missing after two cargo ships collided off south-western Greece early on Monday, the Greek coastguard said. | Two people drowned and eight are still missing after two cargo ships collided off south-western Greece early on Monday, the Greek coastguard said. |
| The drowned and missing crew were from the Pirireis, sailing under a Cook Islands flag, which was in a collision with the ConSouth carrier about 75 nautical miles off the islet of Sapienza, a coastguard official said. | The drowned and missing crew were from the Pirireis, sailing under a Cook Islands flag, which was in a collision with the ConSouth carrier about 75 nautical miles off the islet of Sapienza, a coastguard official said. |
| The ConSouth, sailing under an Antigua-Barbuda flag, was not seriously damaged and its crew of 16 was reported safe. | The ConSouth, sailing under an Antigua-Barbuda flag, was not seriously damaged and its crew of 16 was reported safe. |
| "Pirireis had a crew of 17. The ConSouth ship recovered two drowned with eight still missing," said the official who declined to be named. | "Pirireis had a crew of 17. The ConSouth ship recovered two drowned with eight still missing," said the official who declined to be named. |
| The official said two coastguard vessels, joined by a navy helicopter and a C-130 aircraft, had launched search-and-rescue operations, assisted by five ships sailing in the area. | The official said two coastguard vessels, joined by a navy helicopter and a C-130 aircraft, had launched search-and-rescue operations, assisted by five ships sailing in the area. |
| "The weather was fine, the sea was calm," Dimitris Kafantaris, mayor of the nearby coastal town of Pylos, told state-run TV Net. "Authorities are also checking to see if there was any pollution from the sinking." | "The weather was fine, the sea was calm," Dimitris Kafantaris, mayor of the nearby coastal town of Pylos, told state-run TV Net. "Authorities are also checking to see if there was any pollution from the sinking." |
| The coastguard said the Pirireis, owned by the Turkish shipping firm Emiroglu, was transporting fertilisers from Algeria to Ukraine. | The coastguard said the Pirireis, owned by the Turkish shipping firm Emiroglu, was transporting fertilisers from Algeria to Ukraine. |
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