Ferry Sinks Off South Korean Coast near Jindo Island.
At least four people were killed and more than 50 were injured after a South Korean passenger/ferry ship with about 470 people aboard capsized and sank off the country’s southwestern coast. About 320 of the passengers were high school students headed to the resort island of Jeju. About 160 people had been rescued, but hundreds of others – many of them high school students – were still missing from the SEWOL passenger/ferry ship disaster where the water temperature is 55 degrees — allowing about two hours for survival.
The ship SEWOL left the port of Incheon, west of Seoul, Korea on Tuesday night for a 14-hour voyage to the resort island Jeju.
View Larger MapArea of Jindo Island, South Korea.
View Larger Map Jeju Island straight south of the southern tip of South Korea.
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