Published : 08-07-2016
The Italian navy recovered the bodies of 217 people from a ship that sank more than a year ago in the Mediterranean Sea, as it was carrying hundreds of immigrants.
The ship was launched in mid- April 2015 from the Libyan coast, before drawn in the Mediterranean. The ship was carrying about 800 migrants, only 28 of them survived.
According to the Navy's statement, ships of the navy recovered shipwreck from a depth of 370 meters, and transferred it to a place was allocated especially for this purpose near a base of North Atlantic (NATO) in Augusta, Sicily. Sinking of this ship was the worst accident in the Mediterranean for decades.
The Italian navy recovered the bodies of 217 people from a ship that sank more than a year ago in the Mediterranean Sea, as it was carrying hundreds of immigrants.
The ship was launched in mid- April 2015 from the Libyan coast, before drawn in the Mediterranean. The ship was carrying about 800 migrants, only 28 of them survived.
According to the Navy's statement, ships of the navy recovered shipwreck from a depth of 370 meters, and transferred it to a place was allocated especially for this purpose near a base of North Atlantic (NATO) in Augusta, Sicily. Sinking of this ship was the worst accident in the Mediterranean for decades.
