Divers find bodies from overturned ferry off Philippines

Divers managed to get inside an upside-down ferry today but found only bodies three days after the vessel capsized with more than 800 people aboard off the coast of the Philippines during a powerful typhoon, officials said.

Divers find bodies from overturned ferry off Philippines

Divers managed to get inside an upside-down ferry today but found only bodies three days after the vessel capsized with more than 800 people aboard off the coast of the Philippines during a powerful typhoon, officials said.

“Most of the bodies were floating inside. They were trapped when the seven-story ship suddenly tilted and capsized,” Philippine navy spokesman Lt Col Edgard Arevalo told dzBB radio.

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