Two passenger ferryboats collided Friday on the Nile River in northern Egypt and at least eight people went missing, reported Egypt's MENA news agency.
The following is a chronology of some major ferry accidents occurred in Egypt in recent years:
Dec. 22, 2007 -- A minibus fell into the Nile River as it was trying to board a ferry to move passengers from the eastern bank of the river to the western bank in southern Egyptian governorate of Minya. At least 13 people were killed.
Oct. 14, 2007 -- Also in the governorate of Minya, the ramp connecting a ferry to the land collapsed as people were rushing to get on and off the ferry. Some of the scores of passengers fell into water, and at least 10 of them drowned.
Aug. 18, 2007 -- A boat in which a wedding party was going on sank at night at its moorings in the Nile River, south of the Egyptian capital of
Cairo, injuring at least six people.
Feb. 3, 2006 -- The worst tragedy in the Egyptian maritime history occurred on this day. A ferryboat sank in the Red Sea as it was en route
from Saudi Arabia to the Egyptian Red Sea port of Safaga, some 600 km southeast of Cairo, killing some 1,033 passengers and injuring about 385.
The accident was blamed on fire.
June 20, 2006 -- A small ferry capsized in the Nile River in Asyut, a riverside city in southern Egypt, killing eight out of nine Egyptians on
board when the small boat was crossing the river.