BLUE SKY M

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scrapped 2015 at Taranto

Four migrants dead on runaway cargo ship packed with 970 refugees

Four migrants were found dead on a "ghost" cargo ship packed with almost 1,000 Syrian refugees after the vessel was apparently abandoned by its crew in Greek waters. The Blue Sky M, which has been taken to Italy, was carrying an estimated 970 migrants when it was spotted drifting near the coast of Corfu in the Adriatic Sea on Tuesday. Italy's coastguard said it narrowly averted another high seas disaster by intercepting the freighter, which was on a collision course with Italy's rocky shoreline.

970 migrants found on abandoned ship in Adriatic Sea

Almost 1,000 migrants have arrived in Italy on a cargo ship after apparently being abandoned by its crew in the Adriatic Sea, the Italian Red Cross said. The mainly Syrian migrants were bundled off the Blue Sky M when it arrived in Italy in the early hours of this morning after it was first spotted near the coast of Corfu. Greece sent its navy and coastguard with a military helicopter to the scene yesterday in response to an alarm call about a possible incident on the Moldovan-flagged ship. Italian officials were airlifted onto the Blue Sky M after it left Greek waters to check it could navigate safely. The coastguard said there were 970 people on board when the ship arrived at the small port city of Gallipoli. Emergency workers hurried the migrants out of the freezing cold into a hospital tent and onto coaches when they arrived. After an erroneous Red Cross report of four deaths earlier, officials said no one was known to have died. http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/1231/669746-italy-migrants/