This is the terrifying moment the crew of a huge cargo ship was forced to jump to safety after it capsized and sank.
The Comoros-flagged ship, named Amnah, capsized at Ambarli-Marpot port in Istanbul, Turkey, forcing at least 15 people to jump from the ship, according to local reports.
Terrifying footage of the capsizing showed the cargo ship overturning as several people ran from the station.
Huge containers could be seen crashing into the water around the harbour.
A separate video of the aftermath showed the ship lying on its side at a steep angle, with its hull hitting the sides of the harbor.
Local media reported that three people were forced to jump into the water around the boat, where they were picked up by tugboats.
One crew member reportedly suffered minor injuries during the chaos.
Turkey’s Transport Ministry said in a statement about X: “The risk to the marine environment is under control and the ship is surrounded by floating barriers.”
The Comoros-flagged ship named Amnah capsized in the port of Ambarli-Marpot in Istanbul, Turkey
According to local reports, at least fifteen people were forced to jump off
One crew member reportedly suffered minor injuries during the chaos
Officials have yet to say how the massive ship sank
Officials have yet to say how the massive ship sank.
The Amnah had arrived in Istanbul from the port of Derince, located on Izmit Bay, west of Istanbul.
It was built in 1996 and is 101 meters long and 18 meters wide.
It comes a year after a cargo ship was torn in two during a storm off the coast of Turkey as rescue teams desperately searched for 11 sailors from another ship that sank in the choppy waters.
The Cameroon-flagged Pallada broke in two after running aground amid 5-metre waves near Eregli, a coastal town east of Istanbul. All 13 crew members were rescued.
But weather hampered efforts to reach another cargo ship, the Turkish-flagged Kafkametler, which sank off the same coast in Turkey’s Zonguldak province with 12 crew members on board.
Rescue crews pulled the body of one crew member from choppy seas as they desperately searched for the other 11 sailors.