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165857
Fri, 03/04/2011 - 14:18
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Turkish ship waits in Tripoli Port with 1,075 passengers on board
TRIPOLI (A.A) - 04.03.2011 - A Turkish ship has been waiting in Libya's Tripoli Port for two days with 1,075 Egyptian passengers on board because of bad weather conditions.
The ship, which set sail from Istanbul 11 days ago, will take Egyptian nationals to their country.
Weather conditions are expected to improve in two days. In that case, the ship will be able to arrive in Egypt's Alexandria Port in four days.
There are also 39 crew members, a doctor and a nurse on board the ship.
Meanwhile, two passengers of the ship were taken to hospital. One of them is suffering from rupture of appendix while the other have cardiac problems.
Turkey has so far evacuated 21,505 people, including 2,982 foreign nationals, from Libya, since the beginning of the protests against Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year reign two weeks ago.
The ship, which set sail from Istanbul 11 days ago, will take Egyptian nationals to their country.
Weather conditions are expected to improve in two days. In that case, the ship will be able to arrive in Egypt's Alexandria Port in four days.
There are also 39 crew members, a doctor and a nurse on board the ship.
Meanwhile, two passengers of the ship were taken to hospital. One of them is suffering from rupture of appendix while the other have cardiac problems.
Turkey has so far evacuated 21,505 people, including 2,982 foreign nationals, from Libya, since the beginning of the protests against Muammar Gaddafi's 42-year reign two weeks ago.
