Cypriot/Turkish ferry sinks, 8 killed 18 missing

[AndrewE]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c770jyd4l7lo
Another website (ABC, https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-31/north-cyprus-boat-capsizes/107095814 shows a big twin-hulled ship and another says it is "modern." No mention of vehicles (so no bow door, unlike the Herald of Free Enterprise?) but 270 passengers.
Apparently taking on water from 15 minutes after it left port, Kyrenia.

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Doing some more digging, https://rynda.io/vessels/8962034-filo-jet says ("AI summary")

FILO JET is a Passenger Ship built in 2000 and flying the Cyprus flag, placing it in its 26th year of service. The vessel reports a deadweight tonnage of 70 metric tonnes and a gross tonnage of 339. Given its small displacement and passenger ship classification, it is configured for localized transport operations.

FILO JET is classed by the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping, which is not an IACS member. The vessel has been observed in the Mediterranean Sea over recent periods. It has a history of operating under seven different flag states and has been known by two former names. Over the trailing 36 months, it has logged 0 port-state-control inspections and 0 detentions.

7 flag states in 26 years? and maybe not so modern...
and https://www.shippax.com/en/news/filo-jet-capsizes-off-kyrenia-northern-cyprus-at-least-six-dead.aspx has

The crossing had originally been due to sail on Saturday but was postponed because of weather conditions. The vessel was some four nautical miles off Kyrenia, off Diana Beach, when it began taking on water, according to TRNC Minister of Public Works and Transport Erhan Arikli. Witnesses said some passengers jumped into the sea as the ferry listed before it capsized.

Ustel said two successive waves struck the vessel, the second causing it to take on water, after which the captain attempted unsuccessfully to return to port. Survivors have given a different emphasis, describing a loud bang at the bow followed by broken windows and rapid flooding, and saying that warnings to the crew about water entering the cabin were dismissed. Several also said there were not enough lifejackets on board. TRNC President Tufan Erhurman cautioned against attributing the casualty to the weather, noting that Sunday's conditions had been assessed as suitable for the crossing despite the previous day's storms. Arikli said the vessel had passed a Turk Loydu survey two months before the sinking. The cause has not been officially established.

so maybe it hit something like a telegraph pole end-on?