Egypt’s first female captain accused of’the main culprit of the Suez Canal accident’ for fake news

Input 2021.04.05 00:18

The story was revealed that the first female captain in Egypt was accused of being the main culprit of the Suez Canal accident as’fake news’.

According to BBC Broadcast on the 4th (local time), an article in Saudi state media’Arab News’ that a female captain was involved in the grounding of the super-large container ship’Evergiven’ that blocked the Suez Canal from the 23rd of last month ) Spread on the top. The accident was caused by a flight error by Mar and El Selehda, 29, the first female captains of Egypt. Accordingly, female discrimination criticism poured out on social media.

However, it turned out that the article was fake news. At the time of the accident, El Selehda was working as a first-class maritime safety officer in the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria, far from the Suez Canal.

At that time, Arab News reported on the success story of El Selehda, who graduated from the University of Science, Technology and Marine Transportation (AASTM) and is taking the course to become the first captain in Egypt. However, someone distorted this article and created fake news that “Evergiven, operated by El Selehda, was stranded.”

“Fake news in English has spread to other countries as well,” El Selehda told the BBC. “I am concerned that it will affect my reputation and efforts.” “The fake news was negative and harsh, but the general public and the people I worked with gave me a lot of support.” To fight.”