Court hears black box was turned off two days before ferry sank off Kyrenia
The Turkish Cypriot Kyrenia district court heard that the ferry’s black box was turned off two days before the sinking, which killed 27 people and left one passenger unaccounted for.
Kyrenia, Cyprus. The black box aboard the ferry that sank off Kyrenia was turned off two days before the accident, the Turkish Cypriot Kyrenia district court heard on Friday. The case against nine people arrested in the aftermath of the sinking continued.
Final recording dated August 28
According to newspaper Yeniduzen, the black box’s final available recording captured the sound of footsteps at 8.39pm on August 28. It contains no recording from August 30, the day of the accident.
Deaths and missing passenger
The ferry sank shortly after leaving Kyrenia’s new port for the Turkish port of Tasucu, carrying 259 passengers and eight crew members.
A total of 27 people are confirmed to have died in the accident, while one passenger, Suleyman Erdogan, remains unaccounted for.
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