Did anyone but the 10 survivors who are known to have made it to land emerge from the capsizing alive? Could survivors have made it to nearby islands? Are they still inside the overturned ship?

As Typhoon Fengshen tore through the Philippines, a ferry traveling from Manila to Cebu stopped in the waters on Saturday — then with half an hour, was upside-down in the water. More from the Associated Press:

“Coast guard frogmen who managed to get to the stricken ship got no response when they rapped on the hull with metal instruments late Sunday, then had to give up for the night due to the strong waves. They hoped to get inside on Monday, likely with U.S. assistance requested by the Philippine Red Cross.


After the storm stymied earlier attempts to reach the ship and kept aircraft at bay, a rescue vessel battled huge waves and strong winds to approach Sunday, more than 24 hours after the ferry lost radio contact. There was no sign of survivors at the site.


…Officials were checking reports that a large number of survivors might have reached one nearby island and that a lift raft was spotted off another, coast guard spokesman Cmdr. Antonio Cuasito said.”

A janitor on the ship who jumped overboard and made it to a life raft told the AP that he thought perhaps 100 of the ship’s 626 passengers and 121 crew members could have survived.