Abandoned migrant ship Ezadeen reaches Italy Friday Jan 02,2015

 

A ship abandoned by its crew off Italy with 360 migrants on board has arrived at the Italian port of Corigliano Calabro on Friday Jan 02,2015, the coastguard says

The ship, sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone, lost power in rough seas off the south-east coast of Italy.The 73-metre (240ft) Ezadeen was believed to have set sail from Turkey, although earlier reports suggested it was sailing from Cyprus.

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A total of 796 migrants were rescued from another ship - the Blue Sky M, was spotted floating adrift near the coast of Corfu on Tuesday Dec 30,2014 and found abandoned without any crew

The Blue Sky M, carrying 796 people, was abandoned and left on autopilot by its crew, believed to be people-traffickers.

Italian coastguards brought it under control and safely docked it at the Italian port of Gallipoli on Wednesday Dec 31,2014