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Trapped in the dark for 35 hours – Red Sea dive-boat survivors tell of escapes


Eleven survivors describe what happened and raise safety questions about the dive boat Sea Story.

Spending 35 hours trapped in a pitch-black air pocket in the upturned hull of a boat has taken its toll on Lucianna Galetta, her voice cracking as she recounts her ordeal. A video she managed to film briefly using the light on her phone, now shared with the BBC, shows the space where she thought her life might end - and how surging sea water and floating debris prevented her escape. A passenger filmed as the crew battled to bring it back on board - the oceanographer the BBC spoke to says the video shows conditions which were not unusual and consistent with 1.5m (5ft) waves.

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