SAFAGA, Egypt (Reuters) - Survivors of the Red Sea ferry disaster said its captain fled the burning ship by lifeboat and abandoned them to their fate, as hopes faded on Saturday of finding some 800 missing.
Some passengers plucked alive from the sea or from boats after the ferry sank early on Friday said crew had told them not to worry about a fire below deck and even ordered them to take off lifejackets.
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