The search for the missing passengers on the sunken South Korean ferry Sewol stalled Saturday due to bad weather and the degradation of the ship’s internal partitions, according to a report.
Divers are finding it difficult to enter different parts of the Sewol, as the partitions have become waterlogged, and started to bend, government task force spokesperson Ko Myung-Seok told the Associated Press. Bad weather also prevented divers from conducting underwater searches on Saturday, Ko said
As of Saturday, the death toll reached 275, the AP reported. Only 174 people have been rescued so far, including 22 of the 29 crew members, with 29 still missing. The final death toll is expected to be around 300. Of the 476 people on board, there were more than 330 students and teachers from Danwon High School in Ansan, a city near Seoul. The Sewol capsized off the southern coast of South Korea on April 16. Read more…
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