The death toll from the catastrophic capsizing of the passenger vessel “Filo Jet” off the coast of Northern Cyprus—which included Azerbaijani mariners aboard—has reached 27.
Sea-news.az citing Turkish media, that search teams operating off the coast of Kyrenia in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) recovered two more bodies over the past two days. This brings the total number of confirmed fatalities from the August 30 disaster to 27. DNA analysis has formally identified one of the recovered bodies as Orhan Bekret, while identification procedures for the second body and search efforts for the final missing individual remain active.
It should be recalled that the high-speed passenger vessel “Filo Jet,” which operated between the Port of Kyrenia and the Port of Taşucu in Mersin, began taking on water through its bow shortly after departing Kyrenia on the afternoon of August 30 and capsized while attempting to return to port. Azerbaijani citizens Valeh Hummatov and Rashad Ibrahimov were rescued from the scene but were subsequently detained alongside the captain and crew members. A total of 9 individuals, including three Azerbaijani nationals, have been formally remanded in custody pending trial.
Both the judicial investigation and targeted search-and-rescue operations remain underway.
