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In May 2017, the MV Aman was detained at the mouth of the Suez Canal over an unsettled debt of $21,500. Chief Mate Mohammad Aisha has been trapped on the cargo ship ever since. As second in command, the Captain of the MV Aman convinced Aisha he should sign a letter taking responsibility for the ship’s care. It was a move Aisha told the Wall Street Journal was the biggest mistake of his life.
A Syrian sailor spent a frightening four years trapped aboard a cargo ship off the Egyptian coast – two of them alone — before he was finally allowed to go home earlier this month, according to reports.
Sailor Spends Four Years Trapped on Abandoned Ship Mohammed Aisha, a Syrian sailor working on a Bahraini cargo ship stranded off the Egyptian coast, was forced to spend four years as a castaway after a court made him the ship’s legal guardian. The sailor’s troubles began in July 2017, when the ship he was working on, the MV Aman, was detained at the Egyptian port of Adabiya, because its safety equipment and classification certificates had expired. Usually, this sort of issues are easily resolvable, but the ship’s owners in Bahrain were experiencing financial difficulties, and its Lebane...
Stranded sailor allowed to leave abandoned ship after four years Mohammed Aisha joined his “cursed” ship, the MV Aman, on 5 May 2017. Today, after spending almost four years on board stranded off the Egyptian coast, he was freed and flown home to Syria. So how does he feel? His text, from the aircraft on the tarmac at Cairo airport, was brief. “Relief. Joy.” And then came a voice message. “How do I feel? Like I finally got out of prison. I’m finally going to be rejoined with my family. I’m going to see them again.” It marks the end of an ordeal which has taken its toll on Moha...
BBC News By Paul Adams Mohammed Aisha joined his "cursed" ship, the MV Aman, on 5 May 2017. Today, after spending almost four years on board stranded off the Egyptian coast, he was freed and flown home to Syria. So how does he feel? His text, from the aircraft on the tarmac at Cairo airport, was brief. "Relief. Joy." And then came a voice message. "How do I feel? Like I finally got out of prison. I'm finally going to be rejoined with my family. I'm going to see them again." It marks the end of an ordeal which has taken its toll on Mohammed's physical and mental health. He was, after all, cond...