Divers find no air pockets on key decks

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Jindo, South Korea (CNN) -- Divers have found no air pockets on the third and fourth floors of the sunken ferry Sewol, South Korean authorities said Wednesday.

The news all but eliminates any hopes of finding survivors on the ferry, which capsized and went down off the country's southwestern coast last week with hundreds of people on board.

Searchers had been focusing on the third and fourth levels of the five-floor vessel, as they believed many of those still missing were likely to be there. Most passenger bedrooms are on the fourth level of the now upended ship.

Earlier this week, divers and search officials had expressed hope they might still find air pockets that would have allowed people to survive in the submerged ship. They have insisted that their efforts remain a search and rescue operation.

South Korean ship sinks

South Korean ship sinks

South Korean ship sinks

South Korean ship sinks

South Korean ship sinks

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Divers find no air pockets on key decks