At least eight people died and 17 were missing after a ferry carrying about 270 passengers and crew capsized off northern Cyprus on Sunday, leaving survivors clinging to its hulls.The privately owned ferry left the port of Kyrenia at 12.30pm and immediately started taking on water for an unknown reason, authorities said. It was heading for the Turkish port of Tasucu in the eastern Mediterranean.Survivors reported the ferry moving erratically, and its last hard impact with the water's surface broke the bow of the two-hulled vessel.The disaster occurred just off the coast of Kyrenia, a popular holiday resort for locals and tourists. The ferry was one of several shuttle sea services that link northern Cyprus, a breakaway unrecognised Turkish Cypriot state, with Turkey each day.Turkish Cypriot leader Tufan Erhurman told CNN Turk he was "deeply saddened" by the incident.Video footage showed people in red life jackets sitting or standing on top of the overturned vessel as authorities sent coastguard and private vessels for assistance to bring them to shore.“The vessel had been moving very badly. It was constantly lifting out of the water and slamming back down. It was shaking violently,” survivor Efe Multici told CNN Turk.“Three or four minutes later, the ferry leapt high into the air, then came crashing down. The front left side burst open and water started pouring in.”Turkish C...
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