Arrests made after ferry runs aground

Arrests have been made after a ferry ran aground on rocks off South Korea’s south-east coast, in response to media stories.

All 267 passengers and crew on board the Queen Jenuvia 2 had been rescued after it ended up caught close to the uninhabited island of Jogdo, off the coast of Jangsan Island in Sinan County, on Wednesday. There have been no fatalities.

The coast guard mentioned they had been investigating whether or not negligence by the captain and the navigating officer may need brought about the incident however {that a} full investigation was underneath method.

Twenty-seven folks sustained minor accidents from the influence of the grounding, the coast guard mentioned. The vessel was initially caught however has now docked at a close-by port.

Some passengers described the incident in actual time on social media.

“There was a loud bang, after which the ship tilted,” one was quoted as saying by South Korea’s Yonhap information company.

“An announcement informed everybody to placed on life jackets, so we’re sporting them and ready on the highest deck.”

The 26,000-tonne ferry was travelling to the port metropolis of Mokpo after departing from the resort island of Jeju, officers mentioned.

The world is close to the location of the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014 that killed greater than 300 folks, largely faculty kids heading for a faculty journey.

The salvaged wreck of the Sewol ferry was dropped at Mokpo almost three years later.

Kim Namhyun, a diving teacher on Jeju Island, informed Reuters: “I assumed I’d die. The sound was too loud.

“However having seen the Sewol ferry, I knew that in conditions like this, you need to keep calm, transfer exterior, put on a life jacket, and wait.”