有关官员表示，“萨拉姆98”号客运渡轮星期四晚间从沙特阿拉伯西部港口杜巴启航后不久就从雷达屏幕上消失。

• Officials say the ship, Al Salam Boccaccio 98, disappeared from radar screens shortly after sailing from the port of Dubah in western Saudi Arabia late Thursday.