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| Italian navy to resume recovery of boat full of dead migrants |
| 2016-05-04 |
| [DAWN] Improved sea conditions are permitting the Italian navy to resume a complex operation to recover a sunken fishing boat with the bodies of hundreds of Navy vessels are set to head Wednesday to the site of the April 2015 shipwreck, in which the immense loss of life spurred Europe to step up patrols of the Mediterranean, where Libyan-based smugglers launch overcrowded boats on risky voyages toward Italia's shores. The boat is located 85 miles (130 kilometers) from the Libyan coastline and sank 370 meters (1,200 feet) after it capsized just as a fat merchantman was coming to the Italian Premier Matteo Renzi has vowed Italia will do everything possible to retrieve the bodies and try to identify them. Navy divers over several months already recovered 169 bodies found near the wreckage. The navy said Tuesday a 30-meter (100-foot) -long barge will be used to bring the wreck to a port in Sicily once it is raised with the help of a specially designed robotic apparatus. Firefighters will then enter the wreck in the port to retrieve the bodies. Survivors said as many as 800 people were trapped inside. Forensic experts will examine the corpses, in hopes that a Europe-wide network of information will lead to identification, the navy said. Not infrequently, families of |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "Really? They dead" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-05-04 21:49 |
| #7 Have they never heard of burial at sea? |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-05-04 21:14 |
| #6 Agree with P2k. It is a grave at 1200 ft depth. Besides what is the point of such an expense for the Italian govt? The smugglers got their money from desperate rubes. Smugglers don't care what happens to them. Maybe people will think twice about taking a trip to Davey Jones' Locker with these guys. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2016-05-04 21:11 |
| #5 send them back to Libya for removal I didn't ask why not set them back to Libya because I thought it was just too obvious a question. But since nobody else seems to... Why not send them back to Libya? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-05-04 16:12 |
| #4 United in Diversity, come see me! Come rest at Catacombe dei Cappucini Give locals new caveats To remove their old habits Benvenuto, neo-pirati dei Tripoli! (I'd be raising hell if I lived at the port - send them back to Libya for removal. Makes more sense logistically anyways) |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-05-04 15:16 |
| #3 > Where are the British, French, German, Danish and Norwegian navies? Where is the Spanish navy? Helping the people traffickers and encouraging more rapefugees. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-05-04 14:35 |
| #2 If an attack on one NATO member is considered an attack on all of them why doesn't the Italian navy get some help from other members? Where are the British, French, German, Danish and Norwegian navies? Where is the Spanish navy? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-05-04 14:26 |
| #1 Treat it like the Arizona, a tomb, and not mess with it. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-05-04 09:59 |