How many bodies are missing from sewol ferry?
The Sewol ferry disaster occurred on Wednesday morning, April 16, 2014, when the ferry MV Sewol was en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. The South Korean government’s and the South Korean media’s announcements during the tragedy and immediately after were inconsistent and wrong. Government reports, according to an editorial in The Huffington…
The Sewol ferry disaster occurred on Wednesday morning, April 16, 2014, when the ferry MV Sewol was en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. The South Korean government’s and the South Korean media’s announcements during the tragedy and immediately after were inconsistent and wrong. Government reports, according to an editorial in The Huffington Post, were like a rubber band, “rising at one moment and dropping at another.” After their first reporting, South Korean media sources such JoongAng Ilbo, Maeil Broadcasting Network, and JTBC apologized and corrected them. After the sinking, conspiracy rumors started to circulate.
As of April 17, 2014, the KCG came to the conclusion that the cargo shifted to port due to a “unreasonably sudden turn” to starboard made between 8:48 and 8:49 a.m. KST, which in turn caused the ship to list and ultimately become unmanageable for the crew. The investigation of the ship’s AIS data has proven that the abrupt turn actually existed. The rapid turn, according to the ship’s crew, was the primary factor. A number of experts, including professor and director of the Pukyong National University’s environment/maritime technology institute Lee Sang-yun, concurred.
How many bodies are missing from sewol ferry?
About 304 bodies are still missing from the sewol ferry.
