Thursday, November 14, 2024
Advertisement
  1. You Are At:
  2. News
  3. World
  4. Italy shipwreck tragedy: Migrants used empty water bottles to stay afloat

Italy shipwreck tragedy: Migrants used empty water bottles to stay afloat

Lampedusa: Survivors of a fiery shipwreck that killed more than 110 African migrants clung for hours to empty water bottles in the dark, trying desperately to keep themselves from drowning in the sea, an Italian

India TV News Desk Updated on: October 04, 2013 23:29 IST


Coast guard divers found the wreck late on Thursday on the sea floor, 130 feet (40 meters) below the surface, with bodies scattered around it.

“Today the operations we plan to do are focused on searching inside the ship where bodies are trapped,” Capt. Filippo Marini, a coast guard spokesman, told reporters on Friday. “We don't have the number of the bodies; we don't know the real number yet.”

Rescue crews hauled body bags by the dozens into Lampedusa port on Thursday, lining them up under multicolored tarps on the docks.

The UNHCR believes this is likely to be the biggest such tragedy on record involving migrants in the Mediterranean.

Advertisement

Read all the Breaking News Live on indiatvnews.com and Get Latest English News & Updates from World

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement