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The Night the Ferry Whispered: Peace Ship, Thousand Missing
The Night the Ferry Whispered: Peace Ship, Thousand Missing
A whisper from an automated distress signal, sent at 23:58 on February 2, 2006, was the only sign that a ferry named "peace" was vanishing beneath the Red Sea - the vessel sank in under ten minutes and more than a thousand people were never counted again. What decisions before departure and during those final minutes allowed a rebuilt, top-heavy ro-ro ferry carrying at least 1,312 passengers and 96 crew to turn into a mass disappearance?
In this episode, we tell who was on that voyage, the ship's alterations and design flaws, and the…
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