After more than 24 hours of battling the cold, winds and fear, more than 400 survivors were rescued from the burning ferry in the Adriatic.<br/> <br />Now in the darkness, these passengers exhausted finally stand on firm ground for the first time since a fire broke out on the Norman Atlantic on Sunday.<br/> <br />They had been winched away by helicopter and transferred to nearby ships.<br/> <br />Ten people were killed in the disaster but the number of missing is still unclear.<br/> <br />Officials say there were 478 people on the ferry travelling from Patras in Greece to Ancona in Italy.<br/> <br />Many families got separated during the rescue but most appeared to maintain their humour.<br/> <br />The airlift has finished and the captain was the last to leave his ship.<br/> <br />For these survivors the ordeal is over but their questions remain about why the European ferry caught alight and killed fellow passengers.
