{"id":407701,"date":"2011-04-29T13:31:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/29\/egyptian-ferry-tragedy-kills-17\/"},"modified":"2011-04-29T13:31:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-29T13:31:40","slug":"egyptian-ferry-tragedy-kills-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/29\/egyptian-ferry-tragedy-kills-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian ferry tragedy &#8216;kills 17&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"56.955602537\"><span><span>29 April 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>14:31<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Seventeen people have died, and at least five people are missing, after a ferry accident on the Nile River in Egypt, officials say.<\/p>\n<p>Some reports say the dead were on a bus that slid off the ferry in Bani Suwayf region. Others say the ferry capsized.<\/p>\n<p>State TV earlier put the death toll at 19 with 20 missing, while the official news agency said 43 people had died.<\/p>\n<p>Transport accidents are common in Egypt, often blamed on poor maintenance and a lack of regulation.<\/p>\n<p>An official told the Associated Press that the minibus had 32 passengers on board, mostly mourners heading to a funeral across the river.<\/p>\n<p>The bus slid off the ferry because the emergency brake was not on, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The official said 10 people had been pulled out alive, but five people were still missing.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers were at the scene, 70 miles (110km) south of Cairo, he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-africa-13237979\" title=\"Egyptian ferry tragedy 'kills 17'\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Egyptian ferry tragedy &#8216;kills 17&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 29 April 2011 Last updated at 14:31 Seventeen people have died, and at least five people are missing, after a ferry accident on the Nile River in Egypt, officials say. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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