Greek court questions smuggling suspects over migrant ship disaster

Survivors wait to board a bus to transfer to Athens at the port of Kalamata (John Liakos/InTime News/AP)

Nine men suspected of crewing a migrant-smuggling ship that sank off Greece, leaving more than 500 missing, appeared in court on Tuesday for questioning.

Their court appearance came as new accounts emerged on the sinking and the appalling conditions on the trip from Libya towards Italy.