Diver dies during South Korea ferry search

A civilian diver involved in searches for missing people from the South Korean ferry disaster has died as others helped by better weather and easing ocean currents picked up efforts to retrieve more bodies.

The Sewol carried 476 people, most of them students from a single high school near Seoul, when it sank off South Korea’s southern coast on April 16. Only 174 survived, including 22 of the 29 crew members. The sinking left more than 260 people dead, with about 40 others still missing.