CAIRO (Reuters) - A ferry carrying 1,300 passengers sank in the Red Sea overnight and some survivors reached the Egyptian port of Safaga, official sources said on Friday.
A search and rescue plane spotted a lifeboat near where the 6,600-tonne Al Salam 89 last had contact with shore at about 10 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Thursday evening, one official said.
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