{"id":152657,"date":"2026-08-30T09:09:14","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ferry-shipwreck-with-270-people-north-of-cyprus-rescue-active\/"},"modified":"2026-08-30T09:09:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T13:09:14","slug":"ferry-shipwreck-with-270-people-north-of-cyprus-rescue-active","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/ferry-shipwreck-with-270-people-north-of-cyprus-rescue-active\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferry shipwreck with 270 people north of Cyprus: rescue active"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rescue operation underway after ferry shipwreck off the coast of Cyprus<\/h2>\n\n<p>A situation of maximum urgency is being experienced this Sunday on the north coast of Cyprus, where a passenger ferry has shipwrecked with 270 people on board. Local authorities have described the incident as serious, immediately activating all emergency protocols to safeguard the lives of the occupants.<\/p>\n\n<p>The vessel, identified as Diana and belonging to the shipping company Filo Maritime, was making its journey from Girne bound for the Turkish port of Tasucu when it suffered the mishap about four miles off the Cypriot coast. Although the causes of the accident have not yet been determined, rescue efforts have intensified over the last few hours.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rescue efforts and emergency deployment<\/h2>\n\n<p>The mayor of the city of Girne confirmed the magnitude of the event through his official channels, detailing the deployment carried out to assist the passengers and crew members:<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The situation is extremely serious. The Coast Guard, the Express vessel from the Akg\u00fcnler company, and numerous small boats are participating in the rescue efforts.<\/p><cite>Mayor of Girne<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>To strengthen search and rescue operations, the following resources have been added:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Active deployment of the Turkish Cypriot Coast Guard.<\/li><li>Dispatch of a rescue helicopter as aerial reinforcement.<\/li><li>Mobilization of various private vessels from the port of Girne to collaborate with professional teams.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>While the Minister of Transport of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Erhan Arikli, is closely monitoring the development of events, the authorities remain focused exclusively on the evacuation of the 270 people involved in this shipwreck off Diana Beach. At the moment, no details have been reported regarding the health status of those affected, with priority remaining on rescue operations at sea.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rescue operation underway after ferry shipwreck off the coast of Cyprus A situation of maximum urgency is being experienced this Sunday on the north coast of Cyprus, where a passenger ferry has shipwrecked with 270 people on board. Local authorities have described the incident as serious, immediately activating all emergency protocols to safeguard the lives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":152658,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[14725,14726,12845,14360],"class_list":{"0":"post-152657","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-cyprus","9":"tag-ferry","10":"tag-rescue","11":"tag-shipwreck"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152657"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152657\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}