Saturday, June 30, 2007

Biggest safari yacht gutted and sinks

The largest safari yacht in the "Nooraanee Queen" has burnt completely after it caught fire at about 10.25 friday night. The yacht has sunk yesterday morning at about 7.The US 4.7 million dollar luxury vessel has 34 beds for tourists was anchored in Male' Atoll Guraidhoo had no tourists when it caught fire. But reports say one of the 12 members of crew Ali Easa of Raa Rasgetheemu is missing. Coast guard and divers have searched for the missing person but the search has not been successful. Ali was wearing a light blue shirt with floral design and a cream short. The cause of fire has not been confirmed. Police are investigating the matter.
We tried to contact a surviving crew of the vessel for comment on how the vessel caught fire. But they could not be contacted.
Nooranee Queen is owned by Mr. Zahir Adam of Moving International. Zahir Adam is the Gaafu Dhaalu member of the People's Majlis. He has been in tourism business for several years. He wanted to build a luxury yacht for providing exclusive service to tourists and Nooraanee Queen is the result of his vision and hard work. The yacht was built in the , and it has become very popular for visiting tourists.
According to our information, Nooraaanee Queen is fully insured vessel.

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