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Üstel gives update on Girne search: “We will leave no question unanswered”

From Sabah · () Turkish

Translated from Turkish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Ünal Üstel said 13 people had died, five had been recovered and 15 remained missing after the shipwreck off Girne.
  • Search teams are continuing operations by air, sea, underwater and land, although conditions inside the wreck and underwater are becoming more difficult.
  • Üstel said new technical resources would be deployed and that he would meet salvage, insurance and government officials in Istanbul and Ankara.

Search teams continued working around the clock after a shipwreck off Girne, with 15 people still missing, according to Northern Cyprus Prime Minister Ünal Üstel.

Üstel said authorities had recovered five missing people so far, while 13 people had died and 15 remained unaccounted for. No additional missing person had been reached on the day of his update.

In addition to the current operations, new technical resources and alternative methods will be deployed.

· Ünal ÜstelThe Northern Cyprus prime minister described plans to expand the search operation.

He said conditions were becoming harder as the operation moved deeper underwater and into the wreck. Teams working from the air, sea, underwater and land were nevertheless continuing without interruption.

Üstel also said new technical resources and alternative methods would be introduced. Technical staff from specialist organizations were inspecting the accident area and the wreck and preparing preliminary reports.

As prime minister, my greatest responsibility is to use every means available to the state to reach our missing people.

· Ünal ÜstelÜstel described the government’s responsibility toward those still missing.

The prime minister said he would travel to Istanbul to review the reports with organizations experienced in deep-sea wreck operations and ship recovery. He also planned to meet senior representatives of the ship’s insurer before traveling to Ankara for high-level talks. After returning, he said he would share a plan with the families of those missing and the public.

“As prime minister, my greatest responsibility is to use every means available to the state to reach our missing people,” Üstel said. “We will leave no question unanswered about whether there was anything else we could have done.”

We will leave no question unanswered about whether there was anything else we could have done.

· Ünal ÜstelThe prime minister pledged to pursue every available search option.
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Originally published by Sabah in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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