Its seems all hope of the missing passengers of the South Korea ferry coming out alive is being dashed as time goes by as more bodies are being recovered by divers on rescue. As reported by Aljazera:
Divers have recovered 13 more bodies from inside the ferry that sank off South Korea nearly four days ago, bringing the confirmed death toll to 54.
Officials said on Sunday that the bodies were recovered after divers gained access to the inside of the ferry after three days of failed attempts due to strong currents. Three bodies were pulled out of the fully submerged ferry just before midnight.
Details of how they got inside the ship were not immediately clear, the Associated Press news agency reported.
The ferry, carrying 476 passengers, many of them schoolchildren, capsized on Wednesday on a journey from the port of Incheon to the southern holiday island of Jeju.
Around 174 people have been rescued but hopes are fading for the 266 people who remain missing.
The captain of the ferry has been arrested on suspicion of negligence and abandoning people in need. Two other crew members have also been taken into custody, including a junior officer who a prosecutor said was steering in challenging waters unfamiliar to her when the accident occurred.
Shin Won-Nam, the head of the Emergency Management Centre, has told reporters that it could take weeks, if not months to complete the rescue operation.
No sounds have been detected from within the capsized hull, the coastguard told reporters on Saturday.
Relatives of more than 200 missing children have supplied DNA samples to help identify bodies recovered from the water.
I hope the remaining passengers missing would be found alive, with God everything is possible.
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