A leak in hull partially submerges floating restaurant on bank of Nile River in Mansoura

Ahram Online , Saturday 8 Mar 2025

Nile Star, a five-storey floating restaurant boat, partially capsized after water leaked into the hull and flooded the deck while it moored along the bank of the Nile River in the city of Mansoura in Dakahliya governorate.

Nile Star
The restaurant boat 'Nile Star' moored on the Nile River which was partially submerged. Al-Ahram

 

The Dakahliya Governorate stated that the boat was unoccupied at the time of the incident.

Emergency teams, including civil protection personnel and river rescuers, were dispatched to the scene to repair the leak and refloat the vessel.

Nile Star operates as a restaurant and café under a temporary permit from the General Authority for River Transport.

Local authorities ordered an investigation into the incident.

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