I woke up this morning and I heard on the news that Norman Atlantic was/is on fire on the way to Ancona... I haven't found any article in english about this accident so I'll try to explain it... The fire started at 4:00 am, 45m away from Corfu. 467 passengers were onboard... At 8:00 am SPIRIT OF PIRAEUS, a cargo ship, arrived at the location of the accident in order to rescue some passengers who had jumped into the sea. At 9:15 am Cruise Europa arrived at the location of the accident in order to help. Each and every car at the outdoor garage of the ship has completelly been destroyed. I read somewhere that the rescue boats of Norman Atlantic couldn't be deployed for some reason but I don't know if that's true. I'll try to keep you up-to-date for further news. I should say that the ship was bought by ANEK LINES almost 10 days ago
Update 11:00 am: The ship is probably still on fire and some passengers are on the decks and cannot leave the ship... The cause of the fire may be a truck in the garage. The wind becomes stronger and stronger.
Update 11:25 am: Passengers may be more
Update 11:30 am: A tug is sailing towards the location of the accident in order to tow the ship to the nearest port.
Update 12:15 pm: Reascue boats have been deployed by Cruise Europa but they cannot approach Norman Atlantic beacause of the extreme weather conditions.
Update 12:20 pm: Almost 150 people are in safety now.