Deep-sea team aids search for missing in Cyprus ferry disaster

NICOSIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A specialist team equipped to search deep waters was due to arrive from Turkey on Tuesday as emergency crews pressed on with efforts to find 20 people missing after a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus. At least eight people died when the double-hulled vessel started taking in water and over

NICOSIA, Sept 1 - A specialist team equipped to search deep waters was due to arrive from Turkey on Tuesday as emergency crews pressed on with efforts to find 20 people missing after a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus.

TCG Isin expected to play vital role in locating Filo Jet’s voyage data recorder 514 metres below surface A deep-sea search and rescue vessel is on its way to Cyprus as Turkey joins efforts to retrieve the 20 people still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the island’s northern coast. The TCG Isin will join t

Survivors of Cyprus ferry disaster describe children drowning without life jackets after order to abandon ship was delayed

Search goes on for 18 missing passengers of capsized Cyprus ferry  The Times

Passengers described the horrifying screams, crushing crowds and desperate attempts to escape after a ferry carrying 267 people overturned off Northern Cyprus as 18 people still missing

Eight people have died after the ferry started taking on water shortly after setting off for Turkey.

"She was saying, 'Don't let go'. And I didn't let go of my daughter. I swear, I didn't let her go," Ayten Bicer sobbed.

Ayten Bicer felt her 12-year-old daughter slip from her hands and disappear as a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, killing at least eight people.

Mother tells how daughter slipped away in north Cyprus ferry disaster  Reuters

Several survivors told local media they heard a blast shortly before the vessel rolled, with police detaining the captain and more than a dozen others.

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The captain and seven crew members of the Filo Jet passenger ferry, along with a company employee, were brought before the Girne (Kyrenia) District Court on Monday as authorities i...

An anxious wait for news continues in northern Cyprus with nearly 20 people still missing after a ferry capsized.

Full investigation promised by PM of Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus as rescue teams search for 23 missing

Search and rescue underway after Turkish ferry capsizes off Cyprus, local media reports  CNN