Submersible Joins Search for 20 Missing in Deadly Cypriot Ferry Disaster
Specialized equipment will help search a wreck more than 500 metres deep as authorities investigate the capsizing that left eight dead.
- On Tuesday, a specialist team from Turkey arrived to assist emergency crews searching for 20 people missing after a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday shortly after departing Kyrenia with 267 passengers and crew.
- At least eight people died when the double-hulled vessel began taking in water and overturned; witnesses reported the catamaran lurched violently before the impact tore open part of its bow.
- Rescuers face significant challenges as the wreck lies on the seabed at more than 500 metres , while footage appears to show passengers potentially trapped in compartments and children are among those missing.
- A court on Monday remanded nine people connected to the vessel's operations in custody for three days to assist police inquiries, though authorities confirmed the ferry held a valid seaworthiness certificate.
- Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman said the incoming team would bring specialised equipment for deep-sea exploration, noting, "Intervening at the seabed is not possible with the resources we currently have, but from tomorrow that intervention will be possible.
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Search operations continue for the wreckage of the Filo Jet, located at a depth of 514 meters off the coast of Girne. TCG Işın's remotely controlled underwater robot will initially scan the area around and above the wreckage to identify safe points from which access to the ship can be gained.
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The search continues this Tuesday to find the missing persons in the shipwreck of a ferry on Sunday off the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Turkey has deployed a ship equipped with a submarine drone.
Submersible joins search for 20 missing in deadly Cypriot ferry disast
Vessels sail near the port of Kyrenia as an ambulance is parked on the waterfront in the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus, Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026, after a catamaran-style ferry overturned off the island's northern coast. (AP Photo/Nedim Enginsoy)
More and more heartbreaking testimonies are emerging from survivors of the disaster involving the capsized ferry in Cyprus, in which at least eight people lost their lives and twenty passengers are still missing.
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