ANKARA (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd November, 2020) A tourist from Russia died as a result of a boat capsizing in the Aegean Sea 164 feet from Turkey's southern Antalya province, the local Russian Consulate General told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Earlier in the day, Turkish media reported that a tourist boat carrying around 30 people sank off the coast of Antalya's Alanya resort city, leaving one person killed.
"According to the Turkish authorities, on November 3, a tourist boat put out to sea for a one-day excursion program. There were 32 foreign tourists on board, including Russian citizens. At about 10 a.m. [07:00 GMT], the boat crashed into underwater rocks near the Alanya fortress and sank. The passengers were promptly taken to a nearby sandbank awaiting rescuers. As a result of search and rescue operations, the body of a Russian citizen born in 1983 was found in the hold of the sunken boat," a spokesperson for the consulate said.
According to the spokesperson, all other passengers are in sound health and have been taken ashore to receive medical attention.
"I express my condolences to the family of our Russian guest, who died in the boat crash in Alanya, and I wish the survivors a speedy recovery. We take care of all the needs of those affected," Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said in a Russian-language tweet.
Sputnik has learned from the Tatar authorities that the deceased tourist was a male teacher at a school for children with special needs in Russia's Tatarstan Republic. He was in Turkey for a vacation with his spouse.
Turkish law enforcement are currently clarifying the incident's details.
