South Korea ferry sinks carrying 459 passengers

Almost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea.

The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, in the north-west, to the southern resort island of Jeju.
A major rescue effort is under way, involving dozens of ships and helicopters. Those brought to safety were taken to a nearby island.
Four people are now said to have died and dozens of others have been hurt.

South Korean officials had earlier said that 368 people had been plucked to safety, but later said there had been a counting error.
They have now revised down the number rescued to 164.

Images showed the ferry listing at a severe angle and then later almost completely submerged, with only a small part of its hull visible. It sank within two hours of sending a distress signal, reports said.
There are fears this could turn out to be South Korea's biggest maritime disaster in almost 20 years, says the BBC's Martin Patience in Seoul.


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only the other day i was babysitting my little cousin and i was like 'are you excited to go to france' and she was like 'no' and i was like 'why?' and she replied 'incase the boat sinks' :(

What seems strange to me is that this happened in daylight, and there were at least some rescue services there - yet so many people are missing. Usually when these things happen it's the middle of the night, or no rescue services were there...

Why wasn't everyone waiting to be rescued?

did you also see the map of the location? seems so close to shore but maybe that's just me and it's actually miles off.

someone on reddit posted this that might answer your question but i still don't really get it, surely they would have had time to go upstairs?

'One survivor spoke to the media. "The ship suddenly started to lean and take on water. It's most likely that a lot of people in the lower decks had been unable to escape. Downstairs were restaurants, shops and entertainment rooms, and those who were there are feared to have failed to escape."'

ugh I hate boats. WHY IS NOTHING SAFE

I doubt every passenger could have fit on the top deck waiting for rescue... have u guys not seen titanic

wasnt the 102nd anniversary of Titanic yesterday or today :O

ive never gone on a large boat anyway hate boats

this is breaking my heart i don't wanna read about it anymore, all those kids on board

here's footage from the rescue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka14Ee9vobc


if it's true that the captain told them to stay still and didn't call for help straight away, and that's the reason so many of them stayed on the lower decks i hope he gets time for it, what an absolute ****


right back to revision, peace guys

So many rescue services but so little people waiting to be rescued - sounds like the whole 'Captain didn't issue order to evacuate immediately' might be true.

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Originally Posted by wixard

this is breaking my heart i don't wanna read about it anymore, all those kids on board

here's footage from the rescue

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka14Ee9vobc


if it's true that the captain told them to stay still and didn't call for help straight away, and that's the reason so many of them stayed on the lower decks i hope he gets time for it, what an absolute ****


right back to revision, peace guys

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Bloody hell at that video!

all those poor people :( this is actually so awful. eurgh that's disgusting if the captain told them to stay where they were

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...7_964x1259.jpg
Rage: South Korean Prime Minister Chung Hong-won (left, in glasses) is shielded by his bodyguards from a bottle of water thrown by an angry relative of passengers on the capsized ferry Sewol. Nearly 300 people remain unaccounted for

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...2_964x1310.jpg
Desperate: A relative of a passenger on board a sunken ferry in South Korea slaps a government official


http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/...15_964x690.jpg
Agony: A list of survivors is attached to the wall of a gym in Jindo. Terrified parents approach to see if they can find the names of their children


how horrible, they stopped searching at night? like i know theres no light but that's when it's most crucial to go wtf. families getting their own boats and going out, id do the same but then imagine people waiting for rescue and there's a boat there but they're only looking for their family. & srsly imagine going up to that board frantically looking for your relatives name and not seeing it or seeing it but it could be someone with the same name :/