▁surface . ▁Ar ound ▁four ▁hours ▁after ▁the ▁explos ion , ▁the ▁ship ▁sn apped ▁in ▁two ▁pieces ▁and ▁went ▁down . ▁ ▁D arga ▁added ▁that ▁the ▁British ▁officer ▁we aring ▁a ▁life jack et ▁could ▁not ▁get ▁into ▁the ▁lif eb o at . ▁He ▁learned ▁later ▁that ▁the ▁British ▁officer ▁was ▁missing . ▁Most ▁of ▁the ▁people ▁who ▁jump ed ▁into ▁the ▁sea ▁d rown ed . ▁The ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁lif eb o at ▁res cu ed ▁three ▁or ▁four ▁vict ims ▁from ▁the ▁sea . ▁They ▁used ▁a ▁lif eb o at ' s ▁o ar ▁as ▁a ▁m ast ▁and ▁a ▁blank et ▁as ▁a ▁sail . ▁Although ▁only ▁ ▁away ▁from ▁Cy pr us , ▁a ▁south ▁wind ▁drove ▁them ▁to ▁the ▁Turkish ▁coast . ▁Those ▁cl ing ing ▁to ▁the ▁makes h ift ▁ra ft s ▁were ▁res cu ed ▁by ▁boats ▁that ▁came ▁along , ▁while ▁others ▁who ▁left ▁their ▁ra ft s ▁to ▁sw im ▁away ▁d rown ed . ▁ 2 8 ▁people ▁in ▁the ▁lif eb o at ▁land ed ▁after ▁ 2 0 ▁hours ▁on ▁the ▁Turkish ▁coast ▁near ▁Kar ata ş ▁l ighth ouse . ▁ ▁Only ▁then ▁did ▁the ▁tra ged y ▁become ▁known . ▁Military ▁aircraft ▁and ▁motor bo ats ▁were ▁immediately ▁deployed ▁to ▁the ▁scene . ▁A ▁search ▁was ▁conducted ▁all ▁day ▁long . ▁However , ▁only ▁four ▁more ▁surv iv ors ▁could ▁be ▁res cu ed . ▁Of ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 ▁people ▁ab