Turkish woman confirmed killed in Adriatic ferry disaster

A Turkish woman has been reported as killed in a ferry disaster in the Adriatic Sea, with the Turkish man she traveled with reported missing as searching the ship for more possible dead continues amid stormy weather.

Havise Savaş, 50, was among 13 people confirmed killed in the ferry disaster on Dec. 30, 2014, as officials warned the discovery of stowaways on board meant the actual death toll could be far higher. Dr. Hakan Akkaya, who was traveling with Savaş, is still missing. The officials guessed that Savaş jumped into the sea in panic when the fire broke out.

Two Albanian seamen were also among the 13 people confirmed killed, according to the Agence France-Presse.

Greek and Italian authorities were still unable to say with any certainty how many paying passengers were on board the Norman Atlantic when it burst into flames in stormy seas near the island of Corfu on Dec. 28.

Giuseppe Volpe, the prosecutor in charge of a criminal probe into the disaster, said "it is likely we will find other victims in the wreckage" after illegal migrants were also found among the survivors.

Three have so far been identified - two Afghans and a Syrian, who have requested political asylum - but more are expected to have hidden inside trucks parked on the deck where the fire started.

There were also fears some passengers may have suffocated or been burnt to death in their cabins.

The Italian Coastguard confirmed the body of an 11th dead passenger had been recovered on Dec. 30. The disaster also claimed the lives of two Albanian seamen, who died from injuries caused when a cable linking their tugboat to the ferry snapped.

Nearly 40 passengers listed as having been on the Italian-owned ferry were still unaccounted...