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Sinking of MV Sewol

Sinking of MV Sewol
MV Sewol capsized and sinking, as taken by the Korea Coast Guard on April 16, 2014
Native name 세월호 침몰 사고
DateApril 16, 2014 (April 16, 2014)
TimeAround 8:30 a.m. to around 10:30 a.m. (KST)
Location1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) off Donggeochado,[1] South Jeolla, South Korea
Coordinates34°13′5″N 125°57′0″E / 34.21806°N 125.95000°E / 34.21806; 125.95000
CauseUndetermined (see Causes)
Deaths304 passengers and crew[2]
2 rescue divers[3]
5 emergency workers[4]
Missing5[2]
Property damageCargo: ₩200 billion ($180 million)[5]
Inquest3 separate investigations[6]
SuspectsCaptain and 13 crew members[7]
ChargesHomicide (4 including the captain)[8]
Fleeing and abandoning ship (2) [9]
Negligence (9)[9]
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsLife sentence (captain)
10 years (chief engineer)
18 months−12 years (13 other crew members)[10]
On board476[11][12][13] (325 Danwon High School students)[14]
Survivors172[15]

The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea.[16] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014).[17] Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan City.[18][19][20] Of the 172 survivors, more than half were rescued by fishing boats and other commercial vessels that arrived at the scene approximately 40 minutes before the Korea Coast Guard (KCG).[21]

The sinking of Sewol resulted in widespread social and political reaction within South Korea. Many people criticized the actions of the ferry's captain and most of the crew.[22] Also criticized were the ferry's operator, Chonghaejin Marine, and the regulators who oversaw its operations,[23] along with the administration of President Park Geun-hye for her response to the disaster and attempts to downplay government culpability,[24] and the Korean Coast Guard for its poor handling of the disaster, and the perceived passivity of the rescue-boat crew on scene.[25] Outrage has also been expressed against the initial false reporting of the disaster by the government and South Korean media, who claimed everyone aboard had been rescued,[26][27] and against the government for prioritizing public image over the lives of its citizens in refusing help from other countries, and publicly downplaying the severity of the disaster.[28][29]

On May 15, 2014, the captain and three crew members were charged with murder, while the other eleven members of the crew were indicted for abandoning the ship.[30] As part of a government campaign to manage public sentiment over the official response to the sinking, an arrest warrant was issued for Yoo Byung-eun (described as the owner of Chonghaejin Marine), but he could not be found despite a nationwide manhunt. On July 22, 2014, police revealed that they had established that a dead man found in a field in Suncheon, roughly 290 kilometres (180 mi) south of Seoul, was Yoo.[18]

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  9. ^ a b "Crew of Doomed Sewol Ferry Goes on Trial in South Korea". NBC News. Reuters. 10 June 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
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  11. ^ <여객선 침몰>승선자 476명, 구조자 174명으로 정정 [Ferry Capsizing – The number of people on board and rescuers changed to 476 and 174]. Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). Yonhap. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2014.
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  14. ^ Kim, Se-jeong (17 February 2016). "Parents clash over Danwon classrooms". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
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  20. ^ Kim, Jack; Yoo, Choonsik (16 April 2014). "More than 300 people missing after South Korea ferry sinks – coastguard". Reuters. Archived from the original on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2014.
  21. ^ "Fishermen Rescued Half the Survivors of Ferry Disaster". The Chosun Ilbo. The Chosun Ilbo. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  22. ^ "Duty and Shame as the Ship Sank". The New York Times. 22 April 2014.
  23. ^ Mullen, Jethro; Kim, Stella (8 May 2014). "South Korea cracking down on operator in Sewol ferry disaster; CEO arrested". CNN.
  24. ^ Choe, Sang-Hun (9 May 2014). "South Korea's Leader and Media Face Scrutiny Over Ferry Disaster". The New York Times.
  25. ^ Jin, Jongsoon; Song, Geoboo (15 June 2017). "Bureaucratic Accountability and Disaster Response: Why Did the Korea Coast Guard Fail in Its Rescue Mission During the Sewol Ferry Accident?". Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy. 8 (3): 220–243. doi:10.1002/rhc3.12115. PMC 7169149. PMID 32328217.
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  27. ^ Nam, In-soo (16 May 2014). "Media Outlets Apologize Over Sewol Ferry Disaster Coverage". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. Retrieved 29 September 2014.
  28. ^ "Officials vague on rumor Japanese support was refused for S Korean ferry". JapanToday. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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