A mother describes losing her grip on her 12-year-old daughter as the Cyprus ferry capsized, with some 20 passengers still missing in waters over 1,600 feet deep.
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TCG Isin expected to play vital role in locating Filo Jet's voyage data recorder 514 metres below surface ...
Officials say as many as 20 people are still unaccounted for after the incident.
Parents recount desperate attempts to save their children after a ferry capsized off Northern Cyprus on 30 August.
At least eight people were killed and 20 remain missing after the Filo Jet, carrying 267 passengers, sank off the coast of Girne on Sunday.
It was unclear if people remained trapped on the vessel, now lying on the seabed ...
The captain and crew of the ferry have been brought before a judge and placed under formal arrest.
Eight people have died after the ferry started taking on water shortly after setting off for Turkey.
"My daughter slipped away from my hands," one survivor told a Turkish news channel.
Divers join search teams scouring deep waters for any survivors, with eight people so far confirmed to have died ...