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The sinking of Sewol is the deadliest ferry disaster in South Korea since 14 December 1970, when the sinking of the ferry Namyoung killed 326 out of the 338 people aboard. [ 185 ] [ 186 ] Investigation
MV Sewol (Hangul: 세월호, Hanja: 世越號, Beyond the World) [1] [note 1] was a South Korean vehicle-passenger ferry, built and previously operated in Japan. She operated between Incheon and Jeju. On 16 April 2014, Sewol capsized and sank with the loss of 304 passengers and crew.
MV Sewol: Capsized while carrying 476 people, mostly secondary school students from Danwon High School who were travelling from Incheon towards Jeju. [4] The ship was overloaded with 3,608 tons of cargo, more than three times its capacity of 987 tons. [5] 304 [6]
South Korea remembered the 304 people, most of them school children, who died on the Sewol ferry on the 10th anniversary of its sinking on Tuesday, with families calling for a proper apology for ...
On the morning of 16 April 2014, the Sewol ferry sank with 476 passengers and crew on board. Of the 304 people killed, 250 were students from the Danwon High School in Ansan. Show comments.
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Sinking of ferry MV Changgyeong [1] 1960: 26 January: Seoul Railroad Station: 31: Stampede: At least 3,926 people rush to platform on Number 601 local train, according to the South Korean National Police Agency's official confirmed report. [citation needed] 1969: 11 December: Departed from Kangnung Air Base: 0: Terrorism: Hijacking of South ...
ANSAN, South Korea (AP) -- As parents of the dead wept, more than 70 teenagers who survived a ferry sinking that killed hundreds of their schoolmates walked in a somber procession Wednesday to ...