Update: 2 dead, 6 rescued in freight ship sinking off Turkey's Black Sea coast


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  • Monday, 18 Jan 2021

ISTANBUL, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Two crew members died, and six others were rescued on Sunday when a Palau-flagged freight ship sunk off the coast of Turkey's Black Sea province of Bartin, according to Turkish officials.

The state-run Anadolu agency earlier reported that it was a Russian-flagged dry cargo ship with a total of 13 Russian crew on board.

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