South Korea ferry with 476 onboard sinks

April 16, 2014 10:36

A passenger ferry sank off the South Korean coast on Wednesday, with CNN reporting that at least one person had been killed in the incident.

Coastguard vessels and helicopters were rescuing passengers 476 - off the ferry which sank off the southern coast. Most of the passengers on board were high school students.

Lee Gyeong-Og, the vice minister of security and public administration, told reporters in Seoul that he could only confirm the rescue of 161 passengers so far.

Photos broadcast on television showed the ferry tilted over 45 degrees on the port side with helicopters flying overhead, and then fully capsized with only its stern visible.

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