all these people get Darwin awards unfortunately. Instead of using their precious time as the ship was sinking to try and get out they grabbed their mobile phones and started texting.

freediver wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 6:06pm:


To some extent, yes.

It later became known that many department bosses ordered their staff to remain where they were, rather than create a jam in the elevators, stairwells and passageways.

As things became more critical ~ people left their offices anyway.

ian wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 5:47pm:


These were young teens, that were told to stay put, and they obeyed.
After all, who are they to question the elder in authority that know better?

All they had as a cry for help, was their mobile phones to text their parents, tell them they love them, and some sent final mobile phone photos of their lot, sitting in wait for orders to be able to evacuate with their life preservers on, but it never happened.

The captain has expressed shame and sorrow for what happened, but it won't bring back those hundreds of young souls.
These captains and crew, need to be re-trained in emergency situations it seems?
Sounds like it was handled with some blazay.

Remember this ferry diaster, as the ferry's loading doors were not closed properly, and 800 died?

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/800-feared-dead-in-ferry-disaster/347645.html

red baron wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 7:31pm:



first off a terrible look... this was a ferry of what size for gods sake..



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Jindo (South Korea) (AFP) - South Korean divers renewed efforts Friday to access a capsized ferry in which hundreds of schoolchildren are feared trapped, as the grief and frustration of anguished parents gave way to anger an
Grieving S. Korean parents consumed by agony and anger AFP
The confirmed death toll rose overnight to 25, but the focus of concern remained the 271 people still unaccounted for 48 hours after the ferry capsized and sank Wednesday morning.

The coastguard says more than 500 divers have been deployed to the accident site, but powerful currents and poor visibility have frustrated attempts to access the submerged vessel in the increasingly slim hope of finding survivors trapped in air pockets.

The Sewol had 475 people on board when it ran into trouble, among them 352 children on a high school outing to Jeju island, a popular holiday destination.

Among the relatives of the missing, especially the parents of the students, there was growing resentment over what they see as the inadequacy of the rescue response.

In an appeal broadcast live on television Friday morning, a self-appointed spokesman for the relatives accused the authorities of indifference and deception.

- 'The government lied' -

"The government lied yesterday," he said, speaking at a podium in a gymnasium in Jindo island where hundreds of relatives have been sleeping on the floor since the tragedy unfolded.

Disputing the official figures of hundreds of divers, vessels and aircraft being deployed, he said he and other relatives had visited the rescue site and seen only a dozen ships and helicopters.

"Everyone, is this the reality of South Korea? We plead once more, please save our children," he said.

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Updated map showing the area off the south coast of South Korea where a ship carrying 477 people cap …
A large monitor offering a live feed from four cameras at the rescue site was brought into the gymnasium overnight, but initial interest in the fog-disrupted images soon faded.

Because it was a junior officer in control of the ship.

Gnads wrote on Apr 18^th, 2014 at 7:35pm:


You asked how it ran aground with a captain who knew the waters.
The answer is because he wasn't in control of the vessel when it did.

red baron wrote on Apr 17^th, 2014 at 7:31pm:



I got sent this from my colleagues in Milan stating

'For every Schettino, Italy has a De Falco"



Schettino was a fricken coward.