Ship crashes into waterfront mansion in Istanbul's Bosporus after rudder gets stuck
waterfront mansion showed the moment of Malta-flagged ship's crash, where staff panicked and ran to save their lives.
The vessel named Vitaspirit was heading to Ukraine from Egypt. No injuries or environmental threats have been reported from the accident.
The scene of the accident was under the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge on Istanbul's Asian side, the coast of which is dotted with posh mansions dating back to Ottoman times. Accidents involving ships crashing into those mansions are rare, with vessels escaping the impact at the last minute occasionally.