Philippine divers on Tuesday entered the hull of a passenger ferry which capsized with hundreds on board, as officials held out slim hopes of finding survivors.The navy and coast guard frogmen breached the ferry, which went down in a typhoon four days ago carrying 862 people, at first light but found little, according to Commodore Cecil Chen who is leading the recovery effort.An reporter onboard this coast guard vessel at the scene said the divers emerged with the corpse of a woman. Chen said he expects they will see some more bodies as the search continues."We believe there may be some people trapped there and that is the objective of the diving operations," said coast guard spokesman Lieutenant Commander Armand Balilo in Manila.The number of survivors rose overnight from 36 to 43, the coast guard said, without giving details. Twelve bodies were found floating in the sea.Divers had been waiting for stormy seas whipped up by Typhoon Fengshen to subside before entering the 23,824-tonne ferry that sank off the central island of Sibuyan on Saturday.Survivors have reported only about 100 people managed to jump overboard as the vessel suddenly lurched and capsized in a matter of minutes. Just the tip of the bow remains above water.Eight coast guard and navy boats are continuing to comb waters nearby as chances recede of finding anyone alive.There have been reports from local officials of dozens of survivors being found in nearby islands but Balilo said the accounts had not been confirmed.
