Rome CNN -- A boat carrying as many as 500 people capsized and caught fire off the Italian island of Lampedusa the nations coast guard told CNN on.

Italian yacht sinks. A luxury yacht called the Lady MM caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 50 nautical miles east of Sardinia Italy Aug. The vessel thought to be a 106ft Custom Line Navetta 33 was filmed with just the bow poking out of the crystal clear waters. CAN in the world.

Nadines sinking was indeed caused by the violent waves. Those aboard include Eritreans Somalis and Ghanaians the coast guard said and the boat is. The latest boat to sink is thought to have been carrying up to 500 people.

The nadine sank off the coast of palma in june 1997 during a bad storm with the italian coast guard rescuing all of the crew and passengers. A wide variety of italian vessel sinks options are available to you such as graphic design total solution for projects and others. Aerial footage released by the Italian Coast Guard shows the moment when a 50-meter yacht sank after catching fire off the coast of Sardinia on.

Some 500 asylum seekers were sailing from the Libyan coast to Sicily Italy when their boat capsized. Italian design and quality travel for the most exclusive coasts and the most spectacular and wild tourist destinations. According to the nations coast guard a boat.

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The Italian coastguard provided them with lifejackets. At least 130 African migrants have died and many more are missing after a boat carrying them to Europe sank off the southern Italian. Two young fishermen have been rescued after their boat sunk 30 kilometres off Western Australias coast.