Deep-sea team aids search for missing in Cyprus ferry disaster

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A deep-sea rescue team from Turkey was dispatched to aid in the search for 20 missing people after a ferry capsized near Kyrenia, northern Cyprus. The disaster resulted in at least eight fatalities among the 267 passengers and crew onboard.

NICOSIA, Sept 1 (Reuters) - A specialist team equipped to search deep waters was due to arrive from Turkey on Tuesday as emergency crews pressed on with efforts to find 20 people missing after a ferry capsized off northern Cyprus. At least eight people died when the double-hulled vessel started taking in water and overturned shortly after leaving the port town of Kyrenia on Sunday with 267 passengers and crew on board.