Massive Passenger Ship Sinks in South Korean Waters. More Than 450 People On Board
A large passenger ship with more than 450 people on board is reportedly sinking off South Korea, the incident emerging 102 years after Titanic’s dramatic shipwreck. The ship named “Sewol” is currently tilting on one side, taking water and submerging (SCROLL FOR VIDEO).
Stricken passenger ship seen leaning on left side (Credit: CNN)
325 students, 15 teachers, 30 crew members and 89 other passengers were on board “Sewol”. The students, who were from Seoul’s Ansan Danwon High School, made dozens phone call, tweeted about the shipwreck. They left from the port city of Incheon, for a 4-day field trip to the resort island of Jeju which is dubbed as the Hawaii of Korea.
Scores on the crippled ferry were wearing life jackets awaiting help. Everyone was ordered to jump into the Yellow Sea where they were supposed to be picked by rescue teams. Unfortunately not everyone had a chance as many remained trapped inside the ship. The temperature of the water is reportedly 12 degrees centigrade or 53,6 degrees Fahrenheit.
Of the 459 passengers on board, 164 have been saved but nearly 300 are still missing. “The bodies of 3 people, a woman and three men – were reported dead. About 292 remain unaccounted for”, the South Korean ministry said in a statement Wednesday morning.
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The exact cause of the accident is yet unknown but it is believed that the ship struck a reef due to thick fog.
As a matter of coincidence, ocean liner Titanic sank exactly 102 years, today.
Video: Huge ferry capsized with 459 on board in Yellow Sea off South Korea