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Caught fire somehow. it s still somewhat on fire. they ve rescued more than 100 people. but 400 are on that ferry. and as you just heard they re using their cell phones to send their own s.o.s. distress signals out. some are worrying whether they should jump into the sea, which is very very volatile right now. a terrible situation there in the adriatic. again, the ferry was on its way to ancona italy, and we ll continue to bring you developments on that story as we get it. our other major story we continue to follow here. we ve been doing so for about seven hours live for you, the search and rescue teams focussing on the java sea looking for missing airasia flight 8501. this plane took off at 5:30 in the morning local time from ....
Europe that we re following. a ferry that is on fire. it was in route to italy from greece. it s an italian-flagged ferry on fire in the adriatic. a rescue operation is under way. we are joined now from athens with the latest developments. and earlier, you were telling us that many ships are assisting in trying to rescue people off this ferry and that the fire was still ongoing. what s the latest you have for us now? caller: the fire is ongoing, and there are many ships trying to take part in the operation, but unfortunately, the weather conditions have not changed. and this has been the main problem all along here. we ve been having severe weather conditions to deal with. the rescue operation is under way. 150 people were originally transferred on a rescue board in order to board a container ship that had been nearby when the ....