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Lebanese navy tries to recover bodies after April sinking

Two Lebanese navy boats with survivors and family members of victims of a sunken migrant boat watch as Lebanese naval forces and technical personnel try to dispatch a submarine into the Mediterranean Sea to attempt to recover an estimated 30 bodies some 450 meters below the surface inside a migrant ship that sunk at night four months ago about five km (3.1 miles) outside the the port of Tripoli, under disputed circumstances disputed, northern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Survivors accuse the army of sinking the ship, but the army claims the boat crashed into them. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese naval forces and technical personnel prepare to dispatch a submarine into the Mediterranean Sea to attempt to recover an estimated 30 bodies some 450 meters below the surface inside a migrant ship that sunk at night four months ago about five km (3.1 miles) outside the the port of Tripoli, under disputed circumstances disputed, northern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. The Lebanese Army said in a statement the high tide made it difficult to properly dispatch the submarine. Survivors accuse the army of sinking the ship, but the army claims the boat crashed into them. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese naval forces and technical personnel prepare to dispatch a submarine into the Mediterranean Sea to attempt to recover an estimated 30 bodies some 450 meters below the surface inside a migrant ship that sunk at night four months ago about five km (3.1 miles) outside the the port of Tripoli, under disputed circumstances disputed, northern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. The Lebanese Army said in a statement the high tide made it difficult to properly dispatch the submarine. Survivors accuse the army of sinking the ship, but the army claims the boat crashed into them. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Lebanese naval forces and technical personnel prepare to dispatch a submarine into the Mediterranean Sea to attempt to recover an estimated 30 bodies some 450 meters below the surface inside a migrant ship that sunk at night four months ago about five km (3.1 miles) outside the the port of Tripoli, under disputed circumstances disputed, northern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. The Lebanese Army said in a statement the high tide made it difficult to properly dispatch the submarine. Survivors accuse the army of sinking the ship, but the army claims the boat crashed into them. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein) Survivors with family members of a sunken migrant ship watch from a navy boat as Lebanese naval forces and technical personnel prepare to dispatch a submarine into the Mediterranean Sea to attempt to recover an estimated 30 bodies some 450 meters below the surface inside a migrant ship that sunk at night four months ago about five km (3.1 miles) outside the the port of Tripoli, under disputed circumstances disputed, northern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Survivors accuse the army of sinking the ship, but the army claims the boat crashed into them. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)