Italian navy recovers migrant ship that sank with 800 on board

The Italian navy has recovered the migrant ship that sank off Sicily last year with an estimated 700-800 people aboard in one of the worst known tragedies of the Mediterranean migrant crisis.

The navy said it had raised the boat from a depth of 370 meters (1,214 feet). The wreck is being kept in a refrigerated transport structure for the trip to port in Sicily, where forensic experts will begin trying to identify the victims.

The April 18, 2015 wreck remains one of the deadliest on record, though the real number of drownings will never be known.