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SEOUL, South Korea — At least one person died when a ferry that was carrying hundreds of high school students to a resort island listed to one side and began sinking off the southwestern tip of South Korea, the maritime police said on Wednesday. SEOUL, South Korea — At least one person died when a ferry that was carrying hundreds of high school students to a resort island listed to one side and began sinking off the southwestern tip of South Korea, the maritime police said on Wednesday.
The 6,825-ton ferry, the Sewol, was sailing from Incheon, a port west of Seoul, to the resort island, Jeju, which is 60 miles off the south coast of South Korea, on Wednesday morning when it sent a distress signal.The 6,825-ton ferry, the Sewol, was sailing from Incheon, a port west of Seoul, to the resort island, Jeju, which is 60 miles off the south coast of South Korea, on Wednesday morning when it sent a distress signal.
The vessel was carrying 477 passengers and crew, including 325 high school students.The vessel was carrying 477 passengers and crew, including 325 high school students.
“We plucked one dead body from the waters,” said Oh Hae-yoon, an officer at the coast guard station in Mokpo, a seaport at the southwestern corner of South Korea.“We plucked one dead body from the waters,” said Oh Hae-yoon, an officer at the coast guard station in Mokpo, a seaport at the southwestern corner of South Korea.
According to Mr. Oh, 168 people were rescued. He provided no further information.According to Mr. Oh, 168 people were rescued. He provided no further information.
But the office of education in Gyeonggi Province, where the students’ high school is, reported that all the students and their teachers had been rescued.But the office of education in Gyeonggi Province, where the students’ high school is, reported that all the students and their teachers had been rescued.
Coast guard and navy ships, along with fishing boats, rushed to the scene. South Korean television footage showed coast guard helicopters pulling passengers off the badly tilting vessel.Coast guard and navy ships, along with fishing boats, rushed to the scene. South Korean television footage showed coast guard helicopters pulling passengers off the badly tilting vessel.
The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.The cause of the accident was not immediately clear.