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Helena Smith in Athens

Turkish deep-sea search vessel joins efforts to retrieve 20 still missing after Cyprus ferry disaster

Helicopter above boats in the sea
Search and rescue operations continue after the Filo Jet, a high-speed passenger ferry, sank on Sunday near Kyrenia. Photograph: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images

A deep-sea search and rescue vessel is on its way to Cyprus as Turkey joins efforts to retrieve the 20 people still missing after a passenger ferry capsized off the island’s northern coast.

The TCG Isin will join the vast operation to find survivors after the high-speed ferry sank on Sunday barely four nautical miles outside the port town of Kyrenia.

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