9 crew members missing as Guinea-Bissau flagged cargo ship sinks off southern Türkiye

The Joe 2 sank off the coast of Kumluca district in Antalya province while heading to Ukraine from Iskenderun port, Antalya Governor Ersin Yazıcı said.

The Turkish Coast Guard Command said that two crew members were rescued by the coast guard helicopters and three others were saved by other vessels in the area.

The chief prosecutor’s office for Kumluca has launched an investigation into the incident. (ILKHA)