April 13, 2020

Casualties – Fire on cargo ship BELLATRIX off Sicily – 08.04.2020

2° Nucleo Aereo Catania, 3° Nucleo Aereo Pescara, Aliaga, ATR Aircraft, BELLATRIX, Capt. Lawrence Dalli, Casualty, Catania, Catania Port, CP 300 Class, CP 941 UBALDO DICIOTTI, Deployement, Distress, Engine Room, fire, Fire Aboard, Fire Blaze, FREMM, Frigate, General Cargo Ship, Guardia Costiera, Immediate Assistance, Italian Coast Guard, Italian Navy, ITS ALPINO F 594, MaltaShipPhotos, Mayday, MRCC Rome, MSPAP, No Injuries, Piaggio P 180 Avanti, Pollution, Reggio Calabria Coast Guard, Rescue Coordination Centre, Rescued, Rescued Crew, RUS, Russian, SAR, SAR Launch, Search and rescue, Sicilia, Sicily, Slovakia built, Unita Navale Palermo, VOLGO BALT 215 / By

On Wednesday 8th April, 2020 morning the Italian Coast Guard (Guardia Costiera) received a mayday distress call from the Russian flag general cargo ship BELLATRIX with fire on board. BELLATRIX was more than 180 miles southeast of Catania, when she launched the distress call for a fire which was out of control in the engine …

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Casualties – XLENDI – 09.04.1992

Aground, Capt. Lawrence Dalli, Casualty, Cirkewwa, Cirkewwa Ferry Terminal, Cominotto, Considerable Damage, damage, Ferry, Ferry Company, Ferry Routes, Ferry Sailings, gozo, Gozo Channel, Gozo Channel Line, Latest Acquisition, MaltaShipPhotos, Mgarr Ferry Terminal, Mgarr Harbour, MSPAP, No Injuries, Slightly Damaged, XLENDI / By

28 Years ago on Thursday 9th April, 1992 the Gozo Channel Line ferry XLENDI ran aground at Cominotto while crossing from Cirkewwa to Mgarr. The incident happened around 2130 hrs of which at that time XLENDI was the latest to join the fleet of the Gozo Channel Line and she sustained considerable damage when she …

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