The Phocéa, the former yacht of Bernard Tapie, sank off the coast of Malaysia
By AFP Agency published, updatedThe legendary yacht sank near the tourist island of Langkawi after caught fire this week.
The Phocéa, a yacht which belonged to several major fortunes including the French businessmen Bernard Tapie, sank off the coast of Malaysia a few days after caught fire, the authorities announced on Sunday.The Malaysian coasts have indicated that the Phocéa, a sailboat of almost 75 meters, sank Friday morning near the tourist island of Langkawi, the day after a fire that devastated this four masts.
The ship sank Friday morning
"We believe that he sank on Friday, around 05:00 or 6:00 am," Mohamad Zawawi Abdullah, a senior coast guard official, said in the Yacht agent had been informed. "We managed to control the fire but the fire caused damage to the shell that may have caused the yacht to flow, "he added.He said that an investigation had been opened to find out the causes of the fire.
Seven crew members were saved by the emergency services.Built in Toulon for the navigator Alain Colas in 1976, the yacht is best known for having belonged to Bernard Tapie in the 1980s and 1990s. After the bankruptcy of the entrepreneur, he had been bought in 1997 by the Lebanese Mona Ayoub for 36, 5 million francs (7.5 million euros at the current price), according to media.
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