Two die after passenger ship and cargo ship collide near Haifa, Israel

September 2, 2007 

Divers have recovered two bodies after a passenger ship accidentally rammed a cargo vessel two miles from the port of Haifa, Israel. 
The Israeli cargo ship "Shelly" sank after being struck by Cypriot passenger vessel "Salamis Glory" where she was anchored two miles from the coast. None of the nearly 700 people on the "Salamis Glory" were harmed, but two of the "Shelly "'s thirteen-man crew were unable to escape the sinking vessel. Their bodies were recovered twelve hours after the accident by Israeli divers. 
Some of the survivors climbed on board a rescue launch lowered by the "Salamis Glory", and were subsequently rescued by the navy, whilst the others were picked up by a rescue helicopter. The crew members on the "Shelly" were all foreign, with one of the deceased being an Ukrainian and the other being an Indonesian. They were the vessel's first mate and the ship's engineer. The survivors refused to be transported to hospital for treatment.
Two die after passenger ship and cargo ship collide near Haifa , Israel September 2 , 2007 Divers have recovered two bodies after a passenger ship accidentally rammed a cargo vessel two miles from the port of Haifa , Israel . The Israeli cargo ship " Shelly " sank after being struck by Cypriot passenger vessel " Salamis Glory " where she was anchored two miles from the coast . None of the nearly 700 people on the " Salamis Glory " were harmed , but two of the " Shelly " 's thirteen - man crew were unable to escape the sinking vessel . Their bodies were recovered twelve hours after the accident by Israeli divers . Some of the survivors climbed on board a rescue launch lowered by the " Salamis Glory " , and were subsequently rescued by the navy , whilst the others were picked up by a rescue helicopter . The crew members on the " Shelly " were all foreign , with one of the deceased being an Ukrainian and the other being an Indonesian . They were the vessel 's first mate and the ship 's engineer . The survivors refused to be transported to hospital for treatment .
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