South Korea ferry accident: More than 300 missing after passenger ship capsizes

Originally published April 17, 2014

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Nearly 300 people, most of them students, are missing after a multi-story ferry carrying almost 500 people sank off South Korea's southwestern coast, according to a Reuters report.

The South Korean ferry ran into trouble as it was traveling from Incheon to the southern resort island of Jeju early Wednesday morning.

A South Korean newspaper reported thick fog may have obscured visibility causing the ferry to run aground on a reef at around 8:30 a.m.

Passengers described hearing a loud impact before the ferry began to list heavily on its side.

"It was fine. Then the ship went 'boom' and there was a noise of cargo falling," said passenger Cha Eun-ok, according to the report.

Many jumped from the ship into freezing waters as the vessel began to sink.

After receiving a distress signal, navy and civilian vessels rushed to the scene.

It took roughly two hours for the ferry to roll on its side, completely turn over and capsize.

Witnesses say many people likely remain trapped inside the ferry.

The Sewol ship has a capacity of 921 people. More than 450 passengers were on board, including 324 high school students on a school trip.

At least four deaths have been reported, but a final casualty count is not yet available.
There are conflicting reports as to the exact cause of the accident as despite reports of thick fog, Korea's meteorological agency says skies were clear Wednesday morning.

"We will try to determine the cause of the accident after rescue operations are over," said Lee Gyeong-og, South Korea's vice-minister of security and public administration, according to the BBC.

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[worldtravel]

how about an update on this story? not just replaying the 1st reports of it happening.

[sangjeongkimcho]

THE FACT THAT THIS SPECIES HAVE THE FOOT-EYE COORDINATION TO KICK A SOCCER BALL AND SCORE ONE POINT AFTER GIVING FOURTEEN POINTS AND NOT NEED A MERCY RUL-
OH WAIT NEVERMIND

[blood]

I think we can consider those missing dead by now. As horrible as this sounds, i think their over-obedience got them killed. Lets hope the coward of a captain never sees the sun again.

[sangjeongkimcho]

THIS COULD ALL HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF shck ACTUALLY DECIDED TO COMPLETELY SIT OUTSIDE ON A CORNER HOMELESS (NOT MUCH OF A DIGNITY DIFFERENCE TO 10, 200 SECONDS M-F WITH NO END IN SIGHT) SO THAT MAYBE THERE'S A CHANCE THAT THE chin y eyes WOULD GO (.... michaer broomberg but he ijeh not working this sitting on corner homeress is good for ceo job right?) THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT THOUGHT AT 33.8 DOING THIS DOWNRIGHT humiliating - DOESN'T AMTTER IF THERE'S A 'GOTCHA GAME' GOIN ON OR NOT - THING FOR 10, 200 SECONDS THAT SOMEONE WOULD ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT JUST LIKE LACTOSE DIARRHEA MENTAL ILLNESS IN THE HEAD IT'S HAVING THE EXACT EXACT OPPOSITE EFFECT: (10, 200SECONDS M-F IS VERY GOOD FOR shck HE IJEH CRUSHING IT OR IT DOESN'T MATTER BECAUJEH TOO MUCH irregar unmerited gigs coming hijeh way then we arr rive happiry ever after and ebudibody no ronger sees us as short smarr powerress puhson with smaw eyes)

[Compaxius]

The ship looks like An Superferry in the philippines

[sangjeongkimcho]

TRUE TRUE STORY I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I TYPED THIS ALL OUT BEFORE THE CLASS THING
IF WHAT CONCEIVABLY WILL BE HUMILIATING IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND COLLEAGUE LOWLIVES IS HUMILIATING, THEN IDK WHAT YOU CALL 29.7 YEARS OLD ribing at parencheh hohm OR A CHEAP POOR 800 - 1250 A MONTH RENT PLACE

[sangjeongkimcho]

IF HITS ON 'REPUTATION' OF WHAT CONCEIVABY WILL HAPPEN TODAY IS BAD THEN IDK WHAT YOU CALL ch n y eye FIRING AND 3 YEARS "UNEMPLOYED" AND SPENDING MID TWENTIES IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEVEL JOBS
$9, 700, 000, 000+ AND BY THE END OF TODAY MORE THAN PROBABLY WHAT THE HIGHEST PAID sarejman MAKES IN A FULL DEADBEAT "no not interested *click*" YEAR MAKES