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Egypt's first female ship captain fears for her career after she was blamed falsely for the Suez Canal blockage when she was aboard a vessel 200 miles away

Published Apr 04 2021 at 11:29 AM GMT

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Egypt's first female ship's captain was blamed for the Suez Canal blockage despite having been hundreds of miles away from the incident, she told BBC News.
Marwa Elselehdar said that she saw online rumors accusing her of being responsible for the Ever Given container ship becoming beached, the media outlet reported.
At the time of the jam, Elselehdar was working as a first mate on the Aida IV.
This vessel was in Alexandria " more than 200 miles away from the site of the collision.