At least 8 dead and more missing after ferry carrying hundreds capsizes off Cyprus’ northern coast | CNN

A search and rescue operation was continuing uninterrupted in the Mediterranean after a passenger ferry carrying nearly 270 people capsized while traveling from northern Cyprus to Turkey, killing at least eight people. Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhürman said 241 people had been rescued alive, but 18 people are still missing. The Filo Jet was carrying 259 passengers and eight crew members from Girne, also known as Kyrenia, to Taşucu in southern Turkey when it began taking on water just a few miles off the coast of Cyprus, according to the Turkish Interior Ministry. Erhürman said search operations for the missing are continuing uninterrupted with teams sent from Turkey. Turkey had sent additional search and rescue assets to the scene, deploying three aircraft, four unmanned aerial vehicles, six helicopters, four Coast Guard boats, a fast attack craft, a frigate and a patrol vessel to the operation, according to Turkey’s state-run news agency Anadolu. “Priority is with the search and rescue but concurrently the police are carrying out their investigation. Any comments on the cause will just be speculation at this time,” Erhürman added. After capsizing the ship sank and is