In recent years, dozens of diving cruise ships have dropped, burned out, exploded all over the world. Many in Southeast Asia, where the underwater world is particularly rich and colorful. But nowhere as many as before Egypt’s coasts.
The Red Sea, popular travel destination of the Germans, is the scene of an unprecedented series of accident. In the past three years alone there have been at least 16 accidents With diving saver boats. More than in the rest of the world. 15 people died.
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At the beginning of June 2023, the “New Dream” went down, on her way back to the holiday destination Marsa Alam. The 36 women and men on board were saved.
A few days later, the “Hurricane” burned out near the Elphinstone diving site. Three British divers died.
In February 2024.
In October 2024, the “SEADUCTION” went down in a storm, 18 divers and ten crew members drove through the night in lifeboats for hours before Fischer discovered them.
Eleven women and men died, among them three Germans. After the “Sea Legend” – it was the second death trip of the operator within a few months.
In addition, six passengers died in March of this year than in front of Hurghada .
It is only a selection of the known cases, others remain hidden. In the databases of the responsible state authorities, such an accident often only appear after years, if at all. Many authorities also do not publish their statistics.
A reporter team of star And RTL reconstructed the “Sea Story” accident in a month -long research, including its background. Three hidden reporters have temporarily researched undercover in Egypt, camouflaged as a diving instructor or investor. Among other things, they have succeeded in obtaining more than 600 pages of the Egyptian investigators, which the regime has so far kept under closure.
What the investigators found out suggests why the authorities treat the files almost like a state secret.
But read and look yourself: All exclusive news, reports, videos, a 60-minute TV documentary and many backgrounds on the subject can be found. We will also publish new posts there in the coming days.
The entire research team: Manuel Heckmair, Michelle Janetschek, Tina Kaiser, Tim Kickbusch, Marc Neller, Romeo Russo, Katharina Schultz, Johanna Wagner. Verification: Moritz Dickentmann
Source: Stern
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