29 still missing after Costa Concordia crash

Twenty-nine people are still missing after the Costa Concordia cruise ship crashed into the west coast of Italy on Friday night.

According to BBC, the area’s chief coast guard Marco Brusco said there’s “still a glimmer of hope” that survivors will be found.

A team of divers are searching the ship for any potential survivors. BBC quotes the head of the diving team, Rodolfo Raiteri, as telling the AFP news agency that conditions within the ship are “disastrous” and “cluttered.”

However, the local mayor, Sergio Ortelli, seems hopeful. According to BBC, he told AFP that “an air pocket could have allowed people to survive a few days.”

Emergency crews as well as the divers will continue their search.