Malinga ndi akuluakulu a padoko la Istanbul, sitima yapamadzi ya ku Liberia yotchedwa Songa Iridium inamira masana patangopita mphindi 25 italowa mu Bosporus Strait. Sitima yapamadziyo idalephera kuwongolera ndikugwera mumtambo pafupi ndi manda a Asiyan Asri komanso mbiri yakale ya Rumeli Castle, Istanbulmalo otchuka.
Ngoziyi idatseka imodzi mwa misewu yomwe ili ndi anthu ambiri padziko lonse lapansi, ndikutsekereza mayendedwe.
Makanema ochokera pamalowa akuwonetsa chombocho chikuyenda pang'onopang'ono kumtunda chisanawombane nacho.
Maboti opulumutsa anatumizidwa, pamodzi ndi Coast Guard ndi Marine Police. Sitima zitatu zomwe zinkadutsa mumtsinje wa Bosporus pambuyo pa Songa Iridium kudutsa bwinobwino, kenako magalimoto onse anaimitsidwa.
Malinga ndi tsamba lolondolera sitimayo, sitimayo yomwe idawonongeka ili ndi matani okwana 23.633 komanso kutalika kwa 191 metres (626,64 ft). Anali kuyenda kuchokera ku doko la Odessa ku Ukraine kupita ku doko la Ambarli ku Istanbul.
Akuluakulu aku Turkey ati sitimayo ili ndi anthu 19, ndipo palibe amene adavulazidwa panthawiyi. Zanenedwanso kuti sitimayo inanena kuti injini yalephera kugunda patangopita nthawi yochepa.
