Wahi a nā luna o ke awa ʻo Istanbul, ua holo ka moku pahu pahu hae ʻo Liberian Songa Iridium i ke ao ākea ma kahi o 25 mau minuke ma hope o ke komo ʻana i ke kahawai ʻo Bosporus. Ua nalowale ka moku ipu hao a hāʻule i loko o kahi pahu ma kahi kokoke i ka hale kupapaʻu ʻo Asiyan Asri a me ka hale kākela kaulana ʻo Rumeli, Kou'āina kaulana.
Ua pani pono ka ulia i kekahi o na ala wai nui loa o ka honua, e pani ana i ke kaa.
Hōʻike ʻia nā wikiō mai ke kahua e neʻe mālie ana ka moku i uka ma mua o ka paʻi ʻana me ia.
Ua hoʻouna ʻia nā waʻa hoʻopakele, me nā Koa Koa a me nā mākaʻi moana. ʻEkolu mau moku e kaʻahele ana i ke kowa o Bosporus ma hope o Songa Iridium i holo maluhia, a ma hope iho ua hoʻomaha ʻia nā kaʻa a pau ma ke ala wai.
Wahi a ka pūnaewele hoʻokolo moku, ʻo ka moku i hāʻule ʻia he 23.633 tons a me ka lōʻihi o 191 mika (626,64 ft). E holo ana ia mai ke kūlanakauhale awa o Ukrainian o Odessa a i ke awa ʻo Ambarli o Istanbul.
Ua ʻōlelo aku nā luna Tureke he 19 ka nui o ka moku, a ʻaʻohe mea i hōʻeha ʻia i ka wā o ka hanana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia hoʻi, ua hōʻike ka moku i ka pau ʻole o ka ʻenekini ma mua koke o ke kuʻi ʻana.
