Nightmare Ferry Rescue Drowned in South Korea

A number of rescue helicopters flying over a ship South Korean passengers , trying to save the passengers of the vessel being sank off the coast of southern South Korea , Wednesday ( 16/04/2014 ) . A government office said the passenger ship carrying around 470 people send an emergency call after began to tilt to one side . Thursday, April 17, 2014 | 2:48 pm Initially , the ferry is anchored to routine at sea crossing calm toward an island resort , Wednesday ( 04/16/2014 ) morning . some passengers , too, were enjoying breakfast quietly until loud explosion rocked the ship . In a short time , hundreds of passenger ferries which are in Among these are teenagers faced with difficult choices , obey the sound from loudspeakers to remain located at the current location at the time of water began to enter the ship , or wearing a lifebelt and jump into the cold water in the water South Korea . Passengers who choose to jump to water or managed to achieve top of the ship has been partially saved . helicopter pick No passengers on the deck of the ship , while the passengers were floating in the ocean saved fishing boats and military vessels hurried to the location the sinking of the ship . " I had to swim a little to up to the boat to saved , "said Lim Hyung - min , one of 300 high school students Seoul boarded the ship to follow 4 day trip , as quoted from CNN . " The water was so cold and I want to live . " Until Wednesday night , officials YTN quoted emergency response , said six people died of this incident . Yonhap news agency to Thursday ( 17/04/2014 ) morning calls , only four were confirmed dead . At least 164 people have been saved , or by some versions of local media already 179 people . However , around 300 people still missing . Saving big - mass was held after a delay for several hours Thursday morning local time , as Korean coast guard statement South to CNN . Dozens of military divers , sailors , marines , and the police engage in The rescue operation . However , the cold water , swift currents , and low visibility complicate rescue operations . When the water temperature at the location of the ship drowned it ranged between 10 up to 13 degrees celsius . Yonhap reported , divers from The South Korean navy has been searched three compartments , but did not find the victim survived or died . ship War USS Richard owned Bonhome U.S. Navy on a routine patrol in the area divert the route to helped search for victims This vessel . " The Republic of Korea has been doing great job in an effort to rescue , " said Lt. Arlo Abrahamson , spokesman for the Army U.S. Marine in South Korea on Wednesday . The Special Director in the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution David Gallo said , search should be able to overcome all constraints . " This situation is absolutely positively awful , "said Gallo . " It's a nightmare . " One wobble and exploded The ship experienced problems in Wednesday around 09.00 Time Local or 07.00 , on the way to Jeju , the island the resort is often referred to as His Hawaiian Korea . Kim Sung - mook , one of the passengers , said told YTN that he was breakfast when the ferry began to feel skewed . Then , said Kim , a person announced , the passengers asked to remain in place respectively as dangerous when they move at that time . However , not later old , Kim said , sounding the sound of the explosion . Lim , one of the high school students Seoul who survived , told YTN that he heard the explosion before the ship began to tilt . ship was then shaken , he said , to then no longer balanced . " The students falling and bumping into things and bleeding . " Lim is the chosen option obey orders to keep be in place until the ship rescuers arrived , wearing a vest buoys , and jump into the water . " The water , the cold is unbearable . " There was major damage ? The cause of the sinking of the ship not yet known . The ferry reversed in just two hours since the first emergency call delivered , just before 09:00 local time , according to Yonhap reports . Retired army captain of the ship United States Coast Guard , Peter Boynton , said , rapidly sinking ship shows there is a suspicion great damage suffered by ferry that. If there is damage on the deck vehicles on the ferry , the water will quickly overwhelm the ship .