Nine people were killed and 287 others were missing after a passenger ship carrying 475 people , mostly high school students , upside down on the coast of South Korea, Wednesday ( 16/4 ) , local media said .
A total of nine people - a crew member , five high school students , two teachers and a passenger - was confirmed dead at around 11:00 am local time on Thursday .
The divers from the South Korean military members searching for 300 passenger ferry that sank on the northwest coast of the State Ginseng . The event was feared to be the worst passenger ship accidents in Korea .
Most of the missing passengers were high school students aged 16-17 years Danwon plans to make a trip . Search efforts stymied poor water conditions .
The parents swayed inaccurate information . Previously , they got word that all the passengers were rescued . Then , the local media reported the most passengers survived . However , when evening arrived , it was reported that only 75 of 325 students were rescued .
The ferry holds 462 passengers and crew . According to the coast guard , four people are confirmed dead and 174 others were rescued .
The passengers went to Jeju island from a port near Seoul when the boat capsized and sank within two hours . Have not found the cause of the incident .
The ship sent an alarm around 9 am local time near the island of Jindo .
The survivors heard loud banging noises and the ship was swayed to one side . " Students are thrown into various directions , " said Kim Hong - kyong , 58 years old , one of the passengers survived as quoted by Yonhap News . Kim and a number of passengers managed to escape death by using mines made of fabric curtains . With mine , it attracts students who are stuck in the lower space ship .
There are fears that the passengers are still trapped inside when the ship rolled .
In the initial rescue efforts , show local TV station showed South Korean naval forces to climb up the side of the ship with difficulty and pulled passengers out of the window and hatch . Then , a helicopter was transporting them .
U.S. aircraft carrier , the USS Bonhomme Richard , who patrol in the Yellow Sea , helped the search effort .
The parents gathered at the school to get clarity about the event . Some parents yelled representatives of the school and repeatedly tried to call her baby .WSJ
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