A cargo ship sank off the Turkish city of Antalya on Wednesday, leaving at least nine people missing, according to the Turkish coastguard.
The coastguard reported that five crew members had been rescued, and that helicopters and frigates were joining the search for the remaining nine.
All 14 crew members were thought to be Syrians.
The freighter, which was flying the Guinea-Bissau flag, was en route to Ukraine from Turkey’s port of Iskenderun, located about 830 kilometres east of Antalya.
The ship sent out a distress call to the coastguard and ships in the area early Wednesday, informing them that it was sinking.
The exact cause of the ship’s sinking was not immediately clear.