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New details on condition of sunken ferry emerged
New details have emerged about the condition of the 'Filo Jet' before it sank off Kyrenia, as investigators focussed on conversations recorded by the vessel's voyage data recorder (VDR), while the nine suspects arrested in connection with the 30 August maritime disaster appeared again before the "district court" in Kyrenia, which ordered a further seven-day extension of their detention. The suspects were facing allegations of causing death through negligence and carelessness. They included the director of Filo Denizcilik, the vessel's captain and deputy captain, the chief and 2nd engineers, and four crew members. During the latest court proceedings, investigators presented new findings from the VDR. The device contained 68 days of recordings, with investigators having reviewed material covering 12 days so far. According to evidence presented in court, the recordings included discussions about problems with the vessel's generator, exhaust insulation and steering system. References were also reportedly made to water being present near the exhaust area. Particular attention has been drawn to remarks attributed to the vessel's captain, who described the condition of the ferry by stating that "the ship was not a ship and the rudder was not a rudder." Investigators continued to examine the recordings to determine the extent of the vessel's technical problems and whether they were known before the sinking. New information has also emerged regarding people allegedly linked to the vessel's maintenance and operation. References in the recordings led investigators to identify an engineer who had carried out repairs on the vessel at different times. Authorities were now trying to locate him. The investigators wer also looking for a former captain, after recorded conversations allegedly referred to a previous incident in which the vessel struck an object in the Yumurtalık area. The timing of the reported incident has not yet been established. With the addition of these two individuals, the number of wanted persons in the case has risen from five to seven. Investigators were also examining the apparent deactivation of the vessel's data recorder. The device had been switched off two days before the shipwreck. They were attempting to establish who disabled the system and under what circumstances. Four crew members who were living aboard the vessel told investigators that no outside individuals had boarded the ship during the relevant period. The investigations into the causes of the tragedy were continued, focusing on the vessel's technical condition, maintenance history and the potential responsibilities of those involved in its operation prior to the shipwreck. According to the latest figures, 27 victims have been recovered, while The Coastguard teams continue efforts to locate Asel, a three-year-old girl, who was still missing. Relatives of the victims were moving ahead with the creation of an association called "Lives Left Halfway in the Blue" (Mavi'de Yarım Kalan Hayatlar Derneği) to represent affected families.
One recovered body idientified as 12 year old girl - another body recovered from record depth
One of the two bodies recovered on Oct 7 from the seas surrounding the wreckage the 'Filo Jet' off the coast of Kyrenia was identified as 12-year-old Miray Bicer on Oct 8. Bicer, who hailed from the town of Reyhanli, which is located in Turkey’s Hatay province, between the Turkish Mediterranean coastal city of Iskenderun and Syria’s second city, Aleppo, had been on board the ferry alongside her five-year-old brother Asaf, her mother Ayten, and her father Hayri. After Asaf Bicer’s body was recovered from the wreckage last week, the funeral was held in Reyhanli on Oct 1. Ayten Bicer and Hayri Bicer both survived the accident. When a suitcase fell on top of the mother, her daughter was forced from her grasp. She had grabbed her daughter’s foot, but her shoes, coated in engine oil from the overturned boat, slipped through her hands. After the wreck was located at a depth of 554 metres, to reach the bodies believed to be inside, the underwater engineering company Derinsu had used an underwater cutting tool to open sections of the wreck around its corridor. During the first week, efforts focused entirely on the wreck itself. After clearing objects from the debris, the team recovered the first body- Once they were confident that no further bodies remained inside the wreck, the team began scanning the seabed across the surrounding area, extending to a point approximately 2.3 kilometres north of the location where the vessel was last seen. Of the 14 people on the list provided to the team, 13 bodies could be recovered and handed over to the authorities. Conducting the search operations at such depths required advanced technology, while highlighting the experience of the engineers and remotely operated vehicle pilots involved. The most recently recovered body was found at a depth of approximately 650 metres. These were the deepest bodies ever recovered in Turkish maritime history. The team had also recovered the vessel’s Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) and handed it over to the authorities. Two days were left in the search operation, and it was hoped to locate and recover the final body during this time. The operation had involved scanning approximately 5.5 billion cubic metres of seawater using water-column data, 10 million square metres of seabed and 1.6 million square metres of visual area. The operation was continued around the clock using both the robot’s camera footage and sonar images. A total of 28 people died in the disaster.
Three more bodies recovered, two still missing
Rescuers recovered three bodies from the 'Filo Jet' from waters off Kyrenia on the afternoon of Oct 7, bringing the total to 26. The body was the 6th recovered since the weekend. Two of the ferry’s original 259 passengers remained unaccounted for, 38 days after the vessel sank shortly after leaving Kyrenia’s new port for the port of Tasucu on Aug 30. A body recovered on Oct 5 had been identified as Orhan Bekret. Work was continued to identify the three bodies recovered last. Search efforts were to proceed with the same determination until all the missing persons have been found. The nine people who were arrested following the sinking, the captain Mustafa Oz, seven crew members and a representative of the ferry’s operating company, Filo Denizcilik, remained in custody and most recently appeared in court on Oct 2. At a previous hearing, the court was told that a crack had appeared on the side of the vessel almost two months before it sank. Photographs recovered from the first mate’s mobile phone indicated that repairs were carried out on June 17. The court heard that Oz and the crew carried out the repairs at a port in Cyprus without informing the Turkish Cypriot authorities, despite Oz and Filo Denizcilik being required to notify them in such circumstances. The repairs took place just 15 days after Istanbul-based ship classification firm Turk Loydu had certified the vessel as seaworthy.
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