Cruise Ship, 1300 Passengers, Disappears in Red Sea (Egyptian authorities)

Salem Radio Network News | Feb. 3, 2006 | SRN News

[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

A cruise ship carrying 1300 passengers in the Red Sea has been reported disappeared from radar by Egyptian authorities. No other details....

[Non-Sequitur]

Watch. Within 48 hours we're going to be hearing about the rumors spreading through Arab cities that a U.S. submarine torpedoed it.

[mainepatsfan]

I'd be surprised if we didn't hear about it by the end of today.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Thank you for posting the photo and map.

[mylife]

It be willing to bet that the ship was overloaded with Hajis

[dread78645]

Subject Ferry ; Al Salam 89

Doesn't the report have Al Salam 98?

[mylife]

Good Pic, Storms right where they disappeared

[mdmathis6]

This was a test...a test of the exalted Chinese Sunburn missile system...(just a little tin foil speculation)

[PBRSTREETGANG]

The west will be blamed...somehow.

[agere_contra]

If there was no distress signal it sounds either like a methane bubble or a cargo shift causing a roll-over. Or maybe the ship split at a frame.

On the whole: I bet it turns out to be an overloading issue leading to a rollover - that's what sank the "Mary Rose" and the laws of physics haven't changed in the last 500 years.

[mylife]

This is the ship Salam 89

[madconserv]

Mamdouh Ismail, the company's owner, said the ship is more than 25 years old and registered in Panama. He refused to elaborate.

This is from Foxnews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183665,00.html

[mylife]

L0L FNC just reported on Fox and friends that it was Salam 89

[madconserv]

Who knows?

[50sDad]

I guess they weren't sufficiently holy enough for their terrorist brothers.

[nmh]

Unless these were the Muslim who disagreed with being a human bomb later in life for the AQ cause - eliminating us.

[MillerCreek]

From that FOX story...

"...The ship is owned by the Egyptian firm El-Salaam Maritime Transport Co. and was carrying 1,300 passengers, the official added. Some of the passengers are believed to be pilgrims returning from the annual hajj to Mecca, which ended last month..."

1,300 passengers probably with a lot of luggage and other freight and a storm...there are only so few possibilities and with that full load and a storm combined with an older ship (of dubious maintenance history) and...sad.

[Clink]

Watch. Within 48 hours we're going to be hearing about the rumors spreading through Arab cities that a U.S. submarine torpedoed it.

Don't be ridiculous.

It won't take that long. Less than 24 hours:)

[nmh]

Some how it must be Bush's fault.

[jeltz25]

much more likely a "zionist" sub

[mylife]

Its amazing how innaccurate the news agencies are.

THe last departure I can find from Jeddah on this ship is listed as 1/28 but the trip appears to only take 2 days.

It seems even the port authority information is innacurat