Rescuers halted efforts on Monday night to find nearly 800 people missing from a capsized ferry in the Philippines as darkness fell and large swells prevented divers from drilling holes into the doomed vessel.
Many passengers were feared trapped inside the Princess of Stars after a handful of survivors said people were still onboard when the ship sank off the central island of Sibuyan in waves as big as houses during Saturday's typhoon.
But officials held little hope of finding people alive in airpockets on the ferry.
"We feel there is no life inside," said Lieutenant-Colonel Edgard Arevalo, a Philippine navy spokesman.
The ship was resting upside down with the tip of its bow above water and its stern resting on the bottom of the sea, easily visible from shore.
The coast guard said divers would cut open the 23,824 metric ton vessel on Tuesday after rescue efforts were halted for the night.
At least 20 new survivors and 15 bodies were found close to Masbate island, at least 70 km away from where the ship sank.
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Many passengers were feared trapped inside the Princess of Stars after a handful of survivors said people were still onboard when the ship sank off the central island of Sibuyan in waves as big as houses during Saturday's typhoon.
But officials held little hope of finding people alive in airpockets on the ferry.
"We feel there is no life inside," said Lieutenant-Colonel Edgard Arevalo, a Philippine navy spokesman.
The ship was resting upside down with the tip of its bow above water and its stern resting on the bottom of the sea, easily visible from shore.
The coast guard said divers would cut open the 23,824 metric ton vessel on Tuesday after rescue efforts were halted for the night.
At least 20 new survivors and 15 bodies were found close to Masbate island, at least 70 km away from where the ship sank.
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