Sinking of MV Sewol
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Sinking of MV Sewol
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The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST. Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan City. 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
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2014 ferry sinking disaster in South Korea
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_MV_Sewol
date created:
2014-04-16T01:51:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T01:52:01Z
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