Salem Express. Sad Story

Salem Express In the early 1990 s the Salem Express was operating as a passenger ferry, based in the port of Safaga and on the evening of December 15th 1991 was returning from the port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. Reportedly heavily overloaded with several vehicles and hundreds of pilgrims returning from their holy pilgrimage to the city of Mecca, she was nearing the end of her journey and approaching port Safaga from the southeast. A storm had been building for some hours and was now blowing at gale force wh