This is the shocking moment a giant cargo ship with a mechanical fault collided with the shore in Istanbul's Bosphorus strait. It prompted authorities to close the picturesque and crowded waterway running through Turkey's largest city on Friday. This is the shocking moment a giant cargo ship with a mechanical fault collided with the shore in Istanbul's Bosphorus straitThere were no injuries or casualties, the governor's office said, adding that the ship reported engine failure shortly before the collision. The Bosphorus was temporarily closed to traffic, and the ship was to be towed, it added. One video filmed by an eyewitness showed the moment the cargo ship slowly hit the shoreline near Rumelihisari, an iconic Ottoman fortress on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait.

Source: Daily Mail December 27, 2019 20:14 UTC