terrible loss of life with egyptian ferry's sinking

terrible loss of life, what are the rules on having life vests or lifeboats etc for ppl on such ships?

Old ass ship anyways, The company needs to explain its lameness.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060203/ap_on_re_mi_ea/egypt_ship_sinks

Re: terrible loss of life with egyptian ferry's sinking

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajeeon.

Very sad. I heard on the news how the ship was about 35 years old or so. From what I could gather, according to the Egyptian law the company shouldn't be using a ship as old as this one. They should've stopped using it 10 years ago.

Re: terrible loss of life with egyptian ferry's sinking

I hope guilty really get punished here...
and may God give peace to all those perished.....
This is really sad incident..