A court has acquitted the owner of an Egyptian ferry that sank in the Red Sea more than two years ago, killing more than 1,000 people.

An investigation into the sinking of a Red Sea ferry, that went down in February with a loss of more than 1,000 lives, has blamed the ship’s owners, a maritime safety body and the Egyptian government, Egypt’s semi-official news agency reported today.

An Egyptian passenger ferry carrying around 1,300 people, mostly Egyptian workers returning from Saudi Arabia, sank in the Red Sea overnight.

Coast Guard vessels have pulled dozens of bodies from the water today after an Egyptian passenger ferry carrying around 1,300 people (or up to 1,415 according to some reports), mostly Egyptian workers returning from Saudi Arabia, sank in the Red Sea overnight.