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On 22 March 2017, the salvage operation began to raise the wreck of Sewol. [294] A Chinese consortium, Shanghai Salvage Company, was contracted by the government to carry out the operation. [295] The ship was lying on her port side, nearly forty metres below the surface. Diesel and oil were drained from the ship.
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 Seohae: Sank near Wido island, Jeolla Province. The ship was carrying 362 passengers (141 more than its capacity) and heavy freight in bad weather. [3] 292 2014 April 16 MV Sewol: Capsized while carrying 476 people, mostly secondary school students from Danwon High School who were travelling from Incheon towards Jeju. [4]
For Lee Mi-kyung, whose son was one of the 250 children who died in South Korea's Sewol ferry disaster 10 years ago, coping with the grief and anger has been incredibly hard. Some of the mothers ...
On the morning of April 16, 2014, the Sewol sank with 476 passengers and crew on board. Of the 304 people killed, 250 were students from the Danwon High School in Ansan.
In the Absence (Korean: 부재의기억) is a 2018 South Korean–American [1] [2] short documentary film that depicts the sinking of the MV Sewol in 2014, in which three hundred people – mostly school children from Danwon High School – lost their lives. [3]
He highlights the suffering of the victims’ families, their quest to discover the cause of the accident, and the truth behind the government’s behavior during and after it. The documentary focuses on the use of a diving bell, a piece of equipment that allows divers to stay underwater for long periods of time.
Chonghaejin Marine Company Ltd. was established on 24 February 1999, is a South Korea shipping company known for its involvement in passenger and freight transportation. The company's operations began with a focus on domestic ferry services, primarily connecting the mainland to various islands along the coast of South Korea.