Senin , 29 Dec 2014, 09:22 WIB

Hundreds still awaiting airlift on stricken Italian ferry

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ATHENS/ROME -- Italian and Greek helicopter crews worked into the night to airlift passengers off a burning ferry adrift in the Adriatic Sea, battling darkness and bad weather that...

Ahad , 28 Dec 2014, 20:11 WIB

Hundreds trapped as ferry burns in heavy seas off Greece

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, ATHENS -- Hundreds of passengers were trapped on a burning car ferry off Greece on Sunday, pleading to be rescued by a flotilla of nearby ships that battled storm conditions in open water to try to reach them. The Greek coastguard said 150 people had been saved from the Italian-registered Norman Atlantic, which was carrying almost 500 passengers and crew...