Outrageous to the depths

Refugees from the countries of Africa and the Middle East regularly die as a result of sea crashes. But they discuss all only the death of billionaires at the bathyscaphe

The connection with the submarine "Titan", which went to the place of the Titanic crash in the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared on June 18. By that time, the immersion lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. On June 22, the operator of the missing bathyscaphe announced the crew members to the dead. Rescuers said that fragments of the outer part of the Titan were discovered at the bottom of the ocean with a remotely controlled device. The search for the bodies of five passengers of the submarine is still ongoing.

On board the underwater apparatus were five people, including 59-year-old British billionaire Hamish Harding. Also inside were the 48-year-old businessman from Pakistan Shahzad Davud and his 19-year-old son Suleiman, 61-year-old Stocton Rush, founder of Oceangate, who organized an immersion, and 77-year-old French researcher Paul Angry Nargole. The latter led several travels to the Titanic, and also took part in the extraction of many artifacts from the crash site.

The loss of Batiscaf “Titan” caused a stormy discussion in social networks. The situation seemed absurd to some users: starting that the immersion of wealthy businessmen is similar to the history of the Titanic (and is generally considered a bad example, because the Titanic continues to take lives), ending with the fact that only the Logitech F710 wireless game controller was used to manage the Titan. In addition, many were outraged that the attention of the media was focused on the crash only because there were millionaires on board the submarines.

Cracles in the sea occur regularly. Most often, refugees from the countries of the Middle East and Africa become victims, which are trying to hide from poverty, repressive political regime or military operations, to cross the sea and land immediately on the European continent. Novyevropa recalled other cases of marine crashes that have occurred recently, which you might not notice.

Migrants crash with migrants in Greece

In early June 2023, a fishing vessel with illegal migrants from North Africa crashed off the coast of Greece, 81 people died.

The boat was transported by several hundred people from Libya to Italy. How many people were on the ship at the time of the crash is unknown. According to various estimates, from 450 to 700 people, including about a hundred children, on board. The Greece authorities called the crash of the fishing vessel one of the largest tragedies in the history of the country and declared a three -day nationwide mourning.

Among the survivors they detained nine Egyptian citizens who are suspected of smuggling people. They were also charged with unconducting murder and membership in a criminal group.

The ship sank after two in the morning on June 14, 90 kilometers from the Greek city of Pilos. According to the coast guard, which noticed the ship late in the evening of June 13, there were no rescue vests on the passengers. The authorities contacted the ship several times and offered assistance with food or water, but they stated that they did not need anything and they were floating immediately to Italy. On June 14, at 01:40 a boat passengers reported a breakdown of the engine, after a while the boat turned over.

A boat with more than 200 passengers who sailed from the wedding sank in Nigeria

In mid -June 2023, at least 106 people were killed on the Niger Niger near the city of Patega.

On June 11, a wedding took place in the village of Egboti, which guests arrived on motorcycles from five other villages. Due to the heavy rain, which began in the evening and blurred the road, the guests had to return home on a wooden ship along the Niger River.

There were 270 people aboard, although the ship was designed for only 100. Together with passengers, motorcycles were placed on the boat. Early in the morning of June 12, the ship collided with a tree branch, as a result of which the boat split in two, and people carried away people. Dozens of passengers are missing.

Migrants of the boat in Calabria

At the end of February, a boat with migrants sank in southern Italy, about 80 people were killed , including 33 minors.

The ship sailed from Turkey, at least 150 people were on board, mainly citizens of Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia and Pakistan. The boat crashed near the coastal city of Croton in the Calabria region.

The ship tried to bother to the shore, but due to bad weather, it crashed about a cliff. One of the survivors was arrested on charges of trafficking.

According to the media, the country's prime minister George Meloni accused of people who allegedly placed 200 people in a small boat and sent it in bad weather.

Shortly before the crash, the Italian government adopted a new law tightening the rules for saving migrants at sea. According to him, the vessels going into the sea in order to look for the broken boats of migrants should immediately return to the port after the first case of salvation and not continue to search for other people.

The crash of an engineering ship next to Hong Kong

In July 2022, an engineering vessel crashed off the coast of Hong Kong, at least 12 people died . There were 30 crew members on board.

On the morning of July 2, the Hong Kong Center for Coordination of Rescue operations at sea received a message that about 300 kilometers southwest of Hong Kong in the South China Sea, an engineering vessel was in two. The search and rescue operation was made up of the Typhoon "Cup", which raged in the region.

Shortly before the crash, the Hong Kong meteorological observatory announced the eighth level of storm warning on a ten-point scale due to approaching a tropical storm to the region.

Surviving ship with migrants off the coast of Syria

In September 2022, during the crash of a ship with migrants off the coast of Syria, more than 90 people died .

As the media wrote, the ship left Lebanon on September 20. On board were citizens of Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, as well as people with unidentified citizenship. According to various sources, passengers could have been from 120 to 150. The Livan army reported that she detained the suspect in illegal transportation.

Prepared by Maria Bykova