The passenger ferry Norman Atlantic caught fire in the Adriatic Sea, killing an estimated 28 people. MS Norman Atlantic: MS Norman Atlantic was a roll-on/roll-off passenger (ROPAX) ferry owned by the Italian ferry company Visemar di Navigazione. The ferry was chartered by ANEK Lines from December 2014. On 28 December 2014, she caught fire in the Strait of Otranto, in the Adriatic Sea. December 28, 2014. Wiki link