nearly three
hundred people are still missing
after
South Korean ferry
sank on Wednesday ( 16 / 04 ) .
At least six people are thought to
died and dozens more
injured .
Efforts to rescue passengers
missing enters second day
and the hope of finding more
many passengers fade .
Officials said 179
people have been rescued .
Meanwhile, a recent report
said 475 people were in
The boats and 290 people are still
has not been found .
Most of the passengers were
students and teachers from schools
upper middle being
conduct field trip .
The ship was traveling
from the port of Incheon to the
island
Jeju .
The officials say
rescue operation involving
coast guard , military and
commercial vessels , but the weather
bad make the operation
difficult . " There are so many
sludge at sea level and distance
very low vision , " said
Lee Gyeong - og , Deputy Minister
Security and Public Administration .
Emergency teams using light
highlight Wednesday ( 16 / 04 )
night in
their search for ship
The .
Not clear what causes
ship becomes skewed and inverted
thus leaving only
a small portion of the vessel above
sea level .
Rescue efforts focused on
The ruins of the sunken ship
approximately 30m water depth .
allegedly ,
many passengers trapped in
the ship .
No comments:
Post a Comment