Ship overloaded with 500 migrants off Libya capsizes, killing at least seven A large ship capsized Wednesday off Libya’s coast with more than 500 migrants on board, right as the Italian navy was approaching for rescue.
Crews recovered seven bodies but saved more than 500 people who were thrown into sea.
The Italian navy said its Bettica patrol ship was responding to a migrant ship in distress when it flipped.
Crews tossed life jackets to those in the water.