UPDATE on MV Princess

UPDATE on MV Princess

87 already found floating
As of June 25, 2008----6:00 pm press briefing of NDCC. However, some of the bodies will be still under verification if they are passengers of the MV Princess of the Stars
-More or less 50 bodies were found at around 9:00 am floating at the sea around 17 nautical miles of Palana point in Burias Island, Masbate.
Three bodies were found at around 8:00 am in the shoreline of Burias Island
7 more bodies were found in the shoreline of San Pascual, Burias Island.27 floating bodies found in Pasacao, Sur
*excluding the 15 bodies inside the ship


67 bodies As of June 24, 2008:
-8 bodies were found from San Fernando, Masbate
-4 from Mulanay, Quezon
-55 from Claveria, Masbate
*excluding three from inside of the ship. They were seen on the opening portion where the divers enter the ship. Place were not identify. Two of these three were female and one male which was also the quarter master of the ship.
As of the moment, according to Lt. Commander Rogelio Villanueva, representative from PCG, they are having difficulties in communicating with the rescue team because of the erratic signal of communication. But he is assuming that the 15 bodies saw from the dining hall of the ship were already retrieved because that was the plan since Tuesday afternoon.

Retrieval operations for the 50 bodies still on-going.

The depth of the sunken ship is about 30-40 meters deep. The ship hit a coral underneath. Villanueva said, they still have to confirm if it rested on the seabed or just hanging at the corals.

Villanueva said they still lack on flashlights to be used under the sea though the US Navy already lend them about 20. He said they still be needing more than 50.