One Dead Recovered From Capsized Mariana as Search Continues for Five Missing Crew

The search for six missing mariners aboard the overturned US-flagged cargo ship Mariana took a grim turn Monday after divers recovered one deceased crew member from inside the wreck, even as U.S. and international rescue teams expanded efforts to find five others still unaccounted for in remote Pacific waters near Saipan.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, divers from the U.S. Air Force’s 31st Rescue Squadron recovered the body at about 5:12 p.m. Hawaii time during subsurface operations on the capsized vessel. The divers conducted a comprehensive survey of the vessel’s exterior and used an underwater remotely operated drone to search the ship’s