Sinking of MV Sewol

The sinking of MV Sewol (Korean: 세월호 침몰 사고; Hanja: 世越號沈沒事故),[16] also called the Sewol ferry disaster, occurred on the morning of 16 April 2014, when the ferry was en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea.[17] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, 15 April 2014).[18] Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School (Ansan City).[19][20][21] Of the approximately 172 survivors, more than half were rescued by fishing boats and other commercial vessels that arrived at the scene approximately 40 minutes before the Korea Coast Guard.[22]

Sinking of MV Sewol
MV Sewol sinking, as taken by the South Korean coast guard on 16 April 2014
Native name 세월호 침몰 사고
Date16 April 2014 (2014-04-16)
TimeAround 9 a.m. to around 11:30 a.m. (KST)
Location1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) off Donggeochado,[1] South Jeolla, South Korea
Coordinates34°13′5″N 125°57′0″E
CauseCenter-of-gravity instability due to overloading of cargo, exacerbated by multiple right turns
Deaths299 on-board[2]
2 rescue divers[3]
5 emergency workers[4]
Missing5[2]
Property damageCargo: ₩200 billion ($180 million)[5]
Inquest3 separate investigations[6]
SuspectsCaptain and 14 crew members[7]
ChargesHomicide (4 including the captain),[8] Fleeing and abandoning ship (2),[9] Negligence (9)[9]
VerdictGuilty
ConvictionsLife sentence (Captain), 10 years (Chief Engineer), 18 months −12 years (13 other crew)[10]
On board476[11][12][13] (325 Danwon High School students)[14]
Survivors172[15] (171 after the subsequent suicide of the vice principal of Danwon High School)

The sinking of MV Sewol resulted in widespread social and political reaction within South Korea. Many criticized the actions of the captain and most of the crew.[23] Also criticized were the ferry operator and the regulators who oversaw its operations,[24] along with the administration of President Park Geun-hye for its disaster response (including the poor showing of the coast guard) and attempts to downplay government culpability.[25]

On 15 May 2014, the captain and three crew members were charged with murder, while the other eleven members of the crew were indicted for abandoning the ship.[26] An arrest warrant was also issued for Yoo Byung-eun, the owner of Chonghaejin Marine, which operated Sewol, but he could not be found despite a nationwide manhunt. On 22 July 2014, police revealed that they had established that a dead man found in a field 415 kilometres (258 mi) south of Seoul was Yoo.[19]

Background
Sewol at a port in Incheon in March 2014, after modifications had been made

At the time of its purchase by Chonghaejin Marine in 2012, the ship that would come to be known as MV Sewol was eighteen years old and dilapidated.[27] It was originally named Ferry Naminoue and was operated from 1994 to 2012[28] as a transport ship for cargo and passengers by the Japanese company A-Line Ferry.[29]:9 According to A-Line Ferry, it did not experience any problems during its service in Japan.[30] After it was purchased on 8 October 2012, it underwent modifications between 12 October 2012 and 12 February 2013, and was registered by Chonghaejin on 22 October 2012.[29]:9 The modifications were later found to have been based on an illegal redesign of the ship.[31]

After these modifications, which included the addition of two decks of passenger space and the expansion of the cargo space,[32] Sewol had her gross tonnage increased by 239 tons to 6,825 tons and her passenger capacity increased by 116 people for a total of 956 people including the crew.[29]:11 The modifications resulted in its center of gravity being moved upward by 0.51 m (1 ft 8 in)[29]:11 as well as a left-right imbalance.[33] After the modifications were completed, it underwent investigations by the Korean Register of Shipping including an inclining test, and received the ship inspection certification and the certification for the prevention of sea pollution on 12 February 2013.[29]:15 During the process of approving the modifications, the Register reduced the maximum amount of cargo that could be carried by 1,450 tons to 987 tons, and increased the amount of ballast needed by 1,333 tons, to 1,703 tons.[34] The cargo limits were not known by the Korea Shipping Association, which has the responsibility to manage ferries, or the Korea Coast Guard, which were responsible for overseeing the Shipping Association.[35] The South Korean government's Board of Audit and Inspection later revealed that the Register's licensing was based on falsified documents.[36] After the inspections, 37 tons of marble were further added to the gallery room at the bridge deck located on the back of the ship.[29]:17

Sewol began operations on 15 March 2013.[37] She made three round trips per week from Incheon to Jeju, each one-way voyage of 425 kilometres (264 mi) taking 13.5 hours to complete.[38] On 19 February 2014, she received an interim inspection and a periodic inspection from the Register.[29]:17 It had made the round trip a total of 241 times until the day of the incident.[37]

Route of Sewol during the last voyage from Incheon to Jeju, the capsizing location marked by the rectangular speech bubble[39]

On 15 April 2014, Sewol was scheduled to leave the port at Incheon at 6:30 p.m., KST.[40] A fog which restricted the visible distance to less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) led the Incheon vessel traffic service (VTS) to issue a low visibility warning around 5:30 p.m., leading the Shipping Association to hold Sewol's departure. The VTS retracted the warning around 8:35 p.m., and the Shipping Association removed the restriction on Sewol's departure after checking the weather conditions with the operator of the Palmido lighthouse and consulting with the Korean Coast Guard.[29]:30 She departed around 9 p.m., and was the only ship to leave port that evening.[40]

When Sewol departed, she was carrying 443 passengers, 33 crew members, and a total of 2,142.7 tons of cargo including 185 cars.[29]:31 325 of the passengers were students on a field trip from Danwon High School[41] and five passengers were of non-Korean nationality.[42] The ship was commanded by 69-year-old Captain Lee Joon-seok,[43] who had been brought in as a replacement for the regular captain.[44] He had over 40 years of experience at sea, and had traveled the route before.[45] He was hired on a one-year contract, with a monthly salary of ₩2.7 million (roughly US$2,500).[46] Lee worked with thirty-three crew members for the journey,[47] of which nineteen were irregular, part-time workers.[48]

Later investigations discovered problems concerning the state of Sewol at the time of departure. Despite the ship's maximum allowance for 987 tons of cargo, Sewol was carrying 2,142.7 tons of cargo which had been improperly secured.[29]:34[49] Only 761.2 tons of ballast were taken on board, the ballast tanks had not been properly maintained, and the previous voyage was made without making further adjustments to the ballast during the journey.[29]:36–37 The regular captain of Sewol, Captain Shin, had warned Chonghaejin about the decrease in stability and attributed it to the removal of the side ramp, later claiming that the company threatened to fire him if he continued his objections. Shin's warnings were also relayed through an official working for the Incheon Port Authority on 9 April 2014, which an official from Chonghaejin responded to by stating that he would deal with anyone making the claims.[50] Shin had also requested a repair for the malfunctioning steering gear on 1 April 2014, but this was not done.[51] The Register had noted in a stability test report dated 24 January 2014 that Sewol had become 'too heavy and less stable after modifications were made.'[52] Chonghaejin's budget for the safety training of the crew was US$2, which was used to buy a paper certificate.[53]

16 April 2014

Entering the Maenggol Channel (07:30–08:46)
A photograph of passengers and crew on the ship on the morning of 16 April

On 16 April at 7:30 a.m. (KST), third mate Park Han-kyul and helmsman Cho Joon-ki[54] took over the watch from the previous team. At this time, Sewol was heading at a course of about 165 degrees at a speed of about 20 knots, and was operating two radar devices. Around 8:20 a.m. when the ship was about 2–3 miles from entering the Maenggol Channel, Park ordered Cho to change the steering system from autopilot to manual steering. When Sewol arrived at the channel at 8:27 a.m. at a course of around 137 degrees, the wind speed was between 4 and 7 meters per second, the wave height about 0.5 meters, and the visibility good.[29]:38

The Maenggol Channel has strong underwater currents, which necessitate extreme caution when steering a ship through it.[55] At the time of the incident, conditions were calm and Sewol was following a route that was frequently used.[56] While the wider areas of the channel contain rock hazards and shallow waters, they were not in the immediate vicinity of the ship's usual path.[57] While prosecutors[58] and some news organizations[59][60] labeled Park as being 'inexperienced' based on her unfamiliarity with the channel, the Korea Maritime Safety Tribunal's investigation report noted that she had on multiple occasions passed through the channel on another ship.[29]:40

As Sewol approached the fatal turn, breakfast was being served in the cafeteria.[61][62] CCTV data taken at 8:40 a.m. showed students present and socializing on the deck.[63] One surviving passenger, Choi Eun-seun, recalled having gone up to the deck to smoke right before the incident.[64]

Multiple turns to the right (08:48)

Right before the incident, Park and Cho were standing side by side near the ship's wheel at the bridge.[65] Captain Lee was absent from the bridge at the time.[56] At 8:46 a.m., as Sewol was travelling at a speed of eighteen knots at a course of around 136 degrees, Park ordered Cho to change the course from 135 degrees to 140 degrees, which Cho consequently undertook.[29]:39

There are conflicting accounts of what happened next. According to Park's testimony, after she had used the radar to check that Sewol's course was changed and the current course was set to 140 degrees, she ordered Cho to change the course of the ship further to 145 degrees.[66] The order was given at 8:48 a.m. After realizing that the ship was heavily listing to starboard, which led the bow to turn to the right, she gave an order to turn the wheel to port.[29]:40 Immediately after giving the order, she heard Cho exclaim "The wheel isn't working" in a flustered voice, after which the ship started listing.

Cho's testimony did not notably differ from that of Park.[66] He testified that the listing began with the order to turn to 140 degrees.[65] According to Cho, he only received the order to change the course to 140 degrees, and not the order to change the course to 145 degrees.[67] Because the ship kept turning towards the right even as he was holding onto the wheel, he made two turns to the left amounting to a 5-degree turn. Because the ship did not stop its rightward turning, it was eventually facing a 145-degree course. Cho testified that Park gave an order to turn "in the opposite direction" at this point, which he followed by turning the ship further to the left by 10 degrees, so the total amount of the turn became 15 degrees to the left.[66]

The court came to the conclusion that Cho's steering led the ship to attempt a 15-degree turn for 40 seconds. The court concluded that Cho, who was flustered by the ship turning faster than expected when he was following Park's order to turn to 145 degrees, was attempting to turn to the left when he took Park's order to mean a turn in the opposite direction. This led him to make a turn to the right, causing the front of the ship to rapidly turn right.[65]

Effects of the turn

Later analysis of Sewol's track chart by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries revealed that the ship's Automatic Identification System (AIS) had stopped collecting data from 8:48:37 to 8:49:13; consequently, the Ministry and the Jindo VTS lost 36 and 29 seconds of data, respectively.[68][69] While earlier reports and investigations believed that there was a power outage,[70][71] Huh Yong-bum, the head of the expert advisory panel on the police-prosecution joint investigation team, testified that the AIS failure was due to system limitations and that the failure did not affect the steering.[69]

According to the joint investigation team, the sharp turn was a combined result produced by the steering error and the lessened restoring force caused by overloading; investigations did not show any malfunctions with the generator or the battery.[33][72] From 8:49:26, AIS data showed Sewol's angular velocity accelerated from 0.29 radians per second to 0.83, 1.00, and 2.00 until 8:49:39; these readings were consistent with previous testing data gained from earlier tests conducted on an empty Sewol.[73] Consequently, the ship herself listed 20 degrees into the water on 8:49:40, causing cargo to fall to one side of the ship.[74][75] The impact caused the ship's gyroscope to erroneously record angular velocities of 15 radians per second on 8:49:40, 14 on the next second, and −11 on the consequent second, and tilt the ship 10 degrees further into the water.[73][74] Passengers also reported hearing a loud "bang."[76]

As Cho sharply turned the wheel from 135 to 150 degrees, Sewol began to list to port and tilt towards the water.[67] The overall effect was that the ship turned about 45 degrees to the right, then rotated 22 degrees on the spot for a span of 20 seconds.[77] The cargo falling to one side of the ship caused Sewol to lose all her restoring force and allowed water to flow into the ship through the side door of the cargo loading bay and the car entrance located at the stern. This scenario was confirmed by simulations separately run by the expert advisory panel on the joint investigation team, the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering, and the Advanced Marine Engineering Center of Seoul National University.[33] Cho testified that the tilting lasted for about two to three minutes after the initial tilt.[78] During this time, Oh Yong-seok, an off-duty helmsman who was sleeping in his cabin, was awakened when he was thrown against its port side.[79] As of 8:50 a.m., Sewol was leaning 30 degrees to port.[80]

Captain Lee, who was in his private cabin at the time of the incident,[81] immediately rushed to the bridge.[82] After a short period, all the ship's mates and helmsmen arrived there as well.[79] Around this time, Cho stopped the engines, although it is unknown whether it was on his own volition or following an order from Lee.[83] At 8:50, Cho ordered an evacuation of the engine room through a call to the assistant engineer.[84] During this time, Park was crying, as she was taken aback by the sudden incident; this lasted until at least 9:06 a.m.[78][85] With the engines off, Sewol became unable to change directions and began drifting sideways.[83][86] A passenger later testified that lights went out after the ferry started listing.[87]

Calls for rescue (8:52–9:30)
Important Announcement repeated during capsizing
Do not move. Just stay where you are. It's dangerous if you move, so just stay where you are.

As reported by CNN on 16 April[88]

As Sewol began sinking, the ferry's intercom system started ordering the passengers to stay put, alleging that moving was dangerous.[89] The announcements were made by a communication officer, Kang Hae-seong, who had not consulted the manual before the broadcast.[79] The announcements began broadcasting by at least 8:52 a.m.[90] and continued even when water began flooding passenger compartments.[91] Other crew members corroborated this order, instructing passengers to stay put.[13] Captain Lee also instructed passengers to stay put and did not change the order even as he was leaving the ship.[31]

The first emergency call was made by Choi Duk-ha, a Danwon High School student aboard the ferry.[92] At 8:52 a.m., he called the national emergency service number and reported to the Jeollanam-do fire station that Sewol was capsizing.[93] Choi was connected to the Mokpo Coast Guard at 8:54 a.m. and was asked to give the latitude and longitude of the ship's location.[94] Three minutes later, the Mokpo Coast Guard station situation room ordered Patrol Vessel No. 123 to be dispatched to the scene; the vessel was launched at 8:58 a.m.[95][96] Following the Coast Guard search and rescue manual, the boat was to be in charge of surveying the area and "swiftly" rescuing passengers.[95] Choi did not survive the capsizing and was later found dead.[28][97]

At 8:55 a.m., Sewol's crew made their first distress call to the Jeju VTS and asked them to notify the Coast Guard, as the ferry was rolling and in danger.[98][99] At 8:56 a.m., the Jeju VTS called the Jeju Coast Guard. Three minutes later, the Jeju Coast Guard called the Mokpo Coast Guard and discovered that a patrol boat had already been dispatched.[96] At 9:01 a.m., a crew member on Sewol called the Incheon branch of Chonghaejin to report the situation, and Chonghaejin's head office located in Jeju then called Captain Lee at 9:03 a.m. for a report of the situation. The Incheon branch then talked with the first mate in five telephone calls over the next 35 minutes.[100]

At 9:06 a.m., the Jindo VTS were informed of the capsizing incident by the Mokpo Coast Guard.[96] Around this time, the crew began communicating with the Jindo VTS, which was closer to their location.[99] For the next two minutes, Jindo VTS alerted two other ships that Sewol was sinking, with one confirming that it had visual contact with the ship.[101] At 9:07 a.m., Sewol's crew confirmed that the ferry was capsizing and requested the help of the Coast Guard. At 9:14 a.m., the crew stated that the ship's angle of heel made evacuation impossible. Around this time, the captain of Patrol Vessel No. 123 was appointed the commander of the scene.[95] Four minutes afterwards, the crew of Sewol reported to the VTS that the ferry had heeled more than 50 degrees to port.[102]

At 9:23 a.m., the VTS ordered the crew to inform the passengers to wear life jackets. When the crew replied that the broadcasting equipment was out of order, the VTS told them to personally order the passengers to wear life jackets and more clothing.[102] At 9:25 a.m., the VTS asked Captain Lee to decide quickly whether to evacuate the ship, stating that they did not have enough information to make the decision. When Lee inquired about the rescue, the VTS replied that patrol boats were due to arrive in ten minutes and a helicopter in one minute. Lee then replied that there were too many passengers for the helicopter.[102] During this time, Lee told passengers to stay in their cabins.[103] The communications officer, using the ship's intercom, repeatedly ordered passengers not to move.[76][104]

Around 9:30 a.m., Lee gave orders to evacuate the ship, though the order may not have been relayed to all the passengers.[105] At 9:33 a.m., after confirming that nearby ships had volunteered to help in the rescue operations, the VTS told all ships to drop lifeboats for the passengers. At 9:38 a.m., all communications were cut off between the VTS and Sewol. About three minutes after all communications were cut, about 150 to 160 passengers and crew jumped overboard.[102]

Sewol took two and a half hours to sink.[104] By around 11:18 a.m., the stern was submerged, with a section of the hull about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high and 20 to 30 metres (66 to 98 ft) long showing above the water. At 12:00 noon on 16 April, only 50 centimetres (20 in) of the bulbous bow was above water; at 1:03 p.m., the ship was completely submerged.[106][107]

Captain and crew

During the capsizing, some members of the crew drank beer.[108] The crew also communicated by telephone with staff from Chonghaejin at seven different times.[109] As passengers stayed in their cabins as instructed, Captain Lee and his crew abandoned the ship.[110] Lee, Cho, and the first and second mates were the first people to be rescued.[111] The captain was rescued around 9:46 a.m.[112][113]

Passengers

As the ship capsized, some passengers followed the announcements to stay put, even as the water came in.[114] Most of the student passengers obeyed the announcements.[115] Some passengers who climbed to the top of the ship or jumped into the water were rescued.[116]

Videos recording passengers during the capsizing have been recovered.[117][118] Some recorded the announcements telling passengers to stay in place and put on life jackets,[119] while some showed passengers joking around,[117] putting on life jackets,[119] and sending farewells.[118]

Passengers made calls,[115] sent text messages,[120] or sent KakaoTalk mobile messages[121] during the capsizing. The last message was sent at 10:17 a.m.[113] Text messages and social media posts allegedly made by survivors still trapped after the capsizing circulated in the media, but an investigation by the Cyber Terror Response Center found that none of the trapped passengers used their phones between 12:00 p.m. on 16 April and 10:00 a.m. of 17 April[122] and that all the reported survivors' messages were fake.[123]

Rescue operations

During the capsizing and the subsequent reporting, the South Korean government's announcements, as well as those from the South Korean media, were inconsistent and inaccurate.[124] An editorial in The Huffington Post stated that the governmental reports were like a rubber band, 'increasing at one moment and decreasing at another.'[125] South Korea outlets such as JoongAng Ilbo, MBN, and JTBC later made corrections and apologies concerning their earlier reports.[126] Conspiracy theories were also present in the aftermath of the sinking.[127]

First day

At 8:58 a.m. (KST) on 16 April 2014, the Mokpo Coast Guard dispatched Patrol Vessel No. 123 in response to the first report of the incident.[96] After receiving the news of the capsizing from the Jeollanam Provincial Government, the Republic of Korea Navy 3rd Fleet sent a Gumdoksuri-class patrol vessel (PKG) to the accident site at 9:03 a.m.; the Navy dispatched another PKG at 9:09 a.m.[128] At 9:04 a.m., the government created the Central Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters (중앙재난안전대책본부), an organization which would directly report to the government. The Korea Coast Guard set up a rescue operations headquarters at 9:10 a.m.[129]

Patrol Vessel No. 123 arrived at the scene near 9:30 a.m.[96] as the first ship to reach the site after the incident.[130] During the time between the dispatch and the operations, No. 123 failed to raise Sewol, and chose to call for other ships on the radio.[131] Consequently, crewmembers on No. 123 had not directly communicated with Sewol, and were not aware of the content of the communication between Sewol and the Jindo VTS on arrival.[132] At the time of arrival, Sewol had listed about 50 to 60 degrees to port.[133] Rescuers made announcements for five minutes, calling people to abandon ship and jump into the water.[131] No. 123 began rescue operations at 9:38 a.m., with the dispatching of a rubber boat.[133] Passengers who had reached the deck or jumped into the water were rescued, including Captain Lee, but rescuers could not get inside the ship due to the list.[131] People trapped inside the pilothouse were rescued by breaking through the windows.[131]

At 9:35 a.m., the Korean Ministry of National Defense started operating Counter-disaster Headquarters (재난대책본부). At 9:40 a.m., the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries declared the accident to be the highest state of emergency in terms of naval accidents; consequently, the Central Accident Response Headquarters (중앙사고수습본부) was established.[134] At the same time, the Ministry of Health and Welfare sent emergency vehicles and the first squad of the Disaster Medical Support Team (재난의료지원팀) to Jindo.[135] At 11:28 a.m., the Korea Navy's Ship Salvage Unit (SSU) was reported to have been deployed for the operations.[136]

At 2:42 p.m., 150 special forces personnel from the ROK Army Special Warfare Command, including 40 scuba divers, were sent for the operation. At this point, 196 personnel, including 82 in the SSU and 114 in the ROK Naval Special Warfare Flotilla were involved in the operations.[137] At 3:07, the regional government of the Gyeonggi Province was reported to have started operating the Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters (재난안전대책본부).[138] After 5 p.m., units from the SSU began undersea operations.[139] At 5:13, the Gyeonggi-do Office of Education was reported to have started operating the Ansan Danwon High School Accident Countermeasures Report Compiling Headquarters (안산 단원고 사고대책 종합상황본부).[140] At 8:00, operations investigating the ship's hull were ceased.[141]

As of 22:03, the following units were involved in rescue operations: Naval forces include sailors from the 3rd Fleet (제3함대; 第三艦隊), a Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship, a Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin-class destroyer, and an Ulsan-class frigate. The ROK Air Force sent support units such as the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, Sikorsky HH-60 Pave Hawk, and HH-47 variant of the Boeing CH-47 Chinook. The ROK Army sent units including 150 Special Warfare Command soldiers and eleven ambulances.[142]

Second day
A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter conducted search and rescue operations at the request of the South Korean navy near where Sewol sank, on 17 April 2014.

Starting on 17 April, Undine Marine Industries, a privately held company,[143] began to lead the search for missing passengers.[144] At 12:30 a.m., hull investigations were started by the ROK Coast Guard with the help of flares.[145] As of 6:00 a.m., 171 ships, twenty-nine aircraft and thirty divers were involved in the rescue effort. The Korea Coast Guard had assigned twenty divers in teams of two. The ROK Navy also assigned eight divers,[146] but the coast guard prevented them from participating[144] and waited for divers from Undine Industries.[147] At 7:24 a.m., civilian groups of expert divers were reported to be helping out in the rescue operations.[148] During the morning, the number of divers involved in the operations reached 555.[149] The Navy also established a military control tower on a Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship.[150] Starting around 2:00 p.m., rescue operations were practically stopped due to bad weather conditions.[151] A marine crane arrived on the scene at night.[152]

Subsequent operations

At 10:50 a.m. on 18 April,[153] the coast guard began pumping in air to support possible air pockets.[104] At the same time, divers entered the capsized ship's hull[154] but only gained access to the cargo deck.[155] The divers' entrance was later labeled a 'failure' by the Central Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters.[156] On 19 April, a Navy petty officer who was injured during rescue operations died.[157] On 21 April, remotely operated underwater vehicles began to be used for operations.[158] On 24 April, the CR200 'Crabster' robot was sent to the rescue site.[159] An Undine Marine diver died on 6 May,[160][161] followed by another diver's death on 30 May.[162] On 17 July, a firefighting helicopter returning from rescue operations crashed near an apartment complex, killing all five officers aboard and injuring a high school student.[163][164]

The government announced on 22 April 2015 that it had approved plans to salvage the wreckage of Sewol in hopes of finding more information about the sinking and recovering the bodies of the nine victims still missing. The plan was initially put forward by President Park Geun-hye, and was endorsed by the Minister of Public Safety and Security, Park In-yong. The operation was expected to take as long as eighteen months and to cost between US$91–137 million.[165]

Survivors and casualties

At 11:01 a.m., Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) began reporting that all students had been rescued; this news was re-reported by other news organizations, and continued until 11:26 a.m.[166] Around 11 a.m. (KST), officers working for the educational departments for the Gyeonggi Province sent text messages to the students' parents stating that all students had been rescued.[167] The officers' belief was apparently confirmed by a police officer in the Danwon Police Department.[166] Initial reports stated that rescuers retrieved 368 people from cold waters as the passengers, mostly students, had jumped overboard when the vessel started sinking; the South Korean government later corrected this statement, saying 295 passengers remained missing.[168] Twenty-two of the twenty-nine crew survived, including fifteen responsible for the navigation.[169]

In its 17 April morning edition, Chosun Ilbo reported that 174 people had been rescued, four had died, and 284 were missing.[170] According to CNN and its affiliate YTN, six people died.[171] News1 Korea reported that, as of 8:00 a.m., 179 people had been rescued, six had died and 290 were missing.[146] Three more people were found dead at 11:00 a.m. and the confirmed death toll rose to nine.[172] At 10 p.m., Yonhap confirmed that the death toll had risen to fourteen.[173] Over the course of the following months, the death toll rose into the hundreds.[174][175][176] The death toll stood at 294 as of 22 July 2014, with ten missing; the date marked the recovery of the last cabin crew member.[177]

The sinking of Sewol is the deadliest ferry disaster in South Korea since 14 December 1970, when the sinking of the ferry Namyoung killed 326 out of the 338 people aboard.[178][179]

Foreign response
U.S. Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit responding to the scene of the Sewol sinking on 16 April 2014
  • The United States warship USS Bonhomme Richard was sent to assist in the air-sea rescue operation,[180][181] but did not get the approval of the ROK Navy for its helicopters to participate in the rescue.[182] USNS Safeguard was sent to South Korea to take part in the rescue operation.[183][184]
  • The Japan Coast Guard offered support, as well as a message of sympathy and condolences from the Japanese government. The ROK Coast Guard declined the offer, saying that, while the offer was welcome, special assistance was not needed on this occasion.[185]

Investigation

Direct causes

As of 17 April 2014, the ROK Coast Guard concluded that an "unreasonably sudden turn" to starboard,[186] made between 8:48 and 8:49 a.m. (KST),[187] caused the cargo to shift to port, which in turn caused the ship to list and to eventually become unmanageable for the crew.[186] The existence of the sudden turn has been confirmed by the analysis of the ship's AIS data.[188] The ship's crew agreed that the main cause was the sudden turn.[189] Experts such as Lee Sang-yun, a professor and head of the environment/maritime technology institute of the Pukyong National University, also agreed.[190]

Overloading and improperly secured cargo were also seen as direct causes.[191] Sewol was carrying 3,608 tons of cargo, more than three times the limit of 987 tons.[192] It is estimated that the actual cargo on the day of the accident weighed 2,215 tons, including 920 tons of trucks, cars and heavy equipment, 131 tons of containers and 1,164 tons of general goods. The cargo included building materials destined for naval bases on the island of Jeju.

The overloading was also previously noted by an off-duty captain and the first mate.[193] Lee Sang-yun also proposed overloading as a cause.[194] According to the off-duty captain of Sewol, the ship owners ignored his warning that the ship should not carry so much cargo because she would not be stable.[195]

Sewol was carrying only 580 tons of ballast water, much less than the recommended 2,030 tons; this would make the vessel more prone to list and capsize.[196] South Korean newspaper The Chosun Ilbo argued that the discharging of ballast water was a cause of the incident.[197] The crew had reportedly pumped out hundreds of tons of ballast water from the bottom of the ship in order to accommodate the additional cargo.[198] The combination of the lack of ballast water and excess cargo meant that the center of gravity on the Sewol was too high for safe operation and the amount of force needed to capsize the ship was reduced to a dangerously low level.

Secondary causes

Secondary causes also contributed to the capsizing of the ferry by decreasing the restoring force.[199]

Renovations which added extra passenger cabins have been proposed as a main secondary cause by Kim Gill-soo (김길수), a professor in the maritime transport technological department at the Korea Maritime University.[200][201] This possible cause has also been supported by the captain,[202] as well as Lee Sang-yun.[190]

Explosion

Gong Gil-young (공길영), a professor of aviation engineering at Korea Maritime University, commented that the sudden turn was simply the 'first cause' and that there were secondary causes to the incident. He advocated an explosion as the most probable secondary cause.[203][204]

Reef collision

At the beginning of the investigation, the ROK Coast Guard thought that the cause was a collision with a reef, believing this likely because the area was foggy.[205] The captain denied this was the cause of the accident,[206] and a reef collision has been dismissed as a cause by consensus among experts.[207] The theory is also not currently advocated by the Coast Guard.[186]

Captain and crew

On 19 April, Captain Lee Jun-seok, the captain of the ferry was arrested on suspicion of negligence of duty, violation of maritime law and other infringements.[208] He had abandoned the ship with passengers still aboard the ferry, while South Korean law explicitly requires captains to remain on the ship during a disaster.[209][210][211] Two other crew members, a helmsman and the third mate, were also arrested on that day on suspicion of negligence and manslaughter.[212] By 26 April, twelve further arrests had been made with the whole crew responsible for navigation in detention.[213][214]

On 15 May, Captain Lee, First Mate Kang Won-sik (who was responsible for managing the ship's ballast), Second Mate Kim Young-ho, and Chief Engineer Park Gi-ho were indicted on charges of homicide through gross negligence (also described as murder), which carry a potential death penalty.[198][215][216][217] The other eleven crew members face lesser charges of abandoning the ship and ship safety offences.[26]

Three crew members, Park Ji-young, Jeong Hyun-seon, and Kim Ki-woong, are credited by survivors with staying aboard the ferry to help passengers escape. All three went down with the sinking vessel.[218]

Operators

On 8 May, the chief executive of Chonghaejin Marine, Kim Han-sik, was arrested and faced charges including causing death by negligence.[219] Four other company officials were also taken into custody.[220]

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries revoked Chonghaejin Marine's license to operate ferries on the Incheon-Jeju Island route in May 2014.[221]

Owners

Yoo Byung-eun, former chairman of Chonghaejin Marine, ignored Incheon District Prosecutors' Office summons,[222][223][224] and went into hiding.[225][226][227] On 22 May, the Incheon District Court issued an arrest warrant and Korean authorities offered a ₩50 million (US$48,800) reward for information leading to the arrest of Yoo.[228][229] On 25 May, the reward was raised tenfold to ₩500 million (US$488,000).[230][231] On 21 July 2014, it was reported that a body found in a field in June was believed to be Yoo's.[232]

Regulation

The disaster raised questions regarding governmental regulation of shipping in South Korea. Shipping is regulated by the Korean Shipping Association, which is also an industry trade group, which experts consider a likely conflict of interest. In addition, government regulators outside the Association frequently move to jobs as part of the association after their government service. Yun Jong-hwui, a professor at Korea Maritime and Ocean University, notes that while South Korean regulations are strong, they are often poorly enforced.[233]

Litigation

On 3 June, the Gwangju District Court issued arrest warrants for a senior vessel safety operator of the Korea Shipping Association's Incheon unit and a vessel inspector of the Korean Register of Shipping's Mokpo unit.[234] Amongst 15 crew accused of the sinking, prosecutors sought the death penalty for Captain Lee under the charge of homicide and the prosecution told the court that he failed to carry out his duty. Lead prosecutor Park Jae-eok said: "Lee supplied the cause of the sinking of the Sewol...he has the heaviest responsibility for the accident. We ask that the court sentence him to death." While no formal pleas were made, Lee denied intent to kill. The others had lesser charges, including negligence. A three-judge panel would announce its verdicts in November.[235] The Incheon District Court, on Wednesday, 5 November, sentenced the late ferry owner Yoo Byung-eun's eldest son Yoo Dae-kyoon to three years in prison for embezzlement and breach of trust.[236]

On 11 November 2014, the Gwangju District Court found Captain Lee Jun-seok guilty of negligence and sentenced him to 36 years' imprisonment. The judges said that he was clearly not the only person responsible for the tragedy and they accepted that his negligence did not amount to an intent to kill. The chief engineer of the ferry, Park Gi-ho, was found guilty of murder and jailed for 30 years. Thirteen other crew members were given jail sentences of up to 20 years on charges including abandonment and violating maritime law. Relatives of victims were distraught at the verdict, with some weeping. The AFP news agency reported that one woman screamed in the courtroom: "It's not fair. What about the lives of our children? They (the defendants) deserve worse than death."[237]

In the cases against officials over the overloading of cargo, Kim Han-sik, Chonghaejin Marine's chief executive, was found guilty of negligence and received a ten-year prison term. Six other company employees and a Korean Shipping Association official also received prison sentences.[238]

Following appeals by prosecutors and the accused, on 28 April 2015 Captain Lee was found guilty of murder and his sentence increased to life imprisonment, while those for 14 other crew members were reduced to a maximum of 12 years, including 10 years for chief engineer Park Gi-ho, whose murder conviction was overturned.[239] Judge Jeon Il-ho explained: "We drew a distinction between the Captain Lee Joon-seok who has a grave responsibility and crew members who took orders from the captain."[240] Kim Han-sik's sentence was also reduced to seven years on appeal.[241]

Aftermath

Government's report and concerns about public opinion

On 16 November 2016, a report about the Sewol disaster, compiled by the National Intelligence Service and intended for President Park, was publicized. The report referred to the sinking as "just a ferry accident (그저 하나의 여객선 사고)" and said "we must control the protest in the name of ferry accident (여객선 사고를 빌미로 한 투쟁을 제어해야 한다)". The report makes no mention of investigating the sinking, salvaging the hull, or supporting the victims' families, instead devoted to determining ways to "control the protesting attempt by the opposition forces in the name of the ferry accident and suggest a method about public opinion manipulation using the government-organized demonstrations."[242]

The sinking contributed to the political downfall of Park. As criticism of her handling of the disaster grew stronger, the Park administration established a commission to monitor and prosecute her critics.[243] Tatsuya Kato, a Japanese journalist, was indicted on charges of defamation for reporting that Park had responded to the disaster by meeting with fringe religious leader Choi Soon-sil.[244][245] In 2016, the full extent of Choi's ties to Park emerged in South Korean media, which caused a corruption scandal that ultimately resulted in Park's impeachment by the National Assembly on 9 December 2016. A unanimous Constitutional Court ruling on 10 March 2017 upheld the impeachment vote, ending her presidency.[246]

After Moon Jae-in was elected following Park's removal from office, documents revealed that she had made a secret blacklist of artists to be barred from receiving any sort of government acknowledgement or sponsorship. It was further discovered that the initial purpose of this blacklist was to censor those who commemorated the Sewol victims in their artwork.[247] In July 2017, members of the Park administration were imprisoned for up to three years for their role in creating the illegal blacklist.[248]

A subsequent investigation by the Moon administration launched in October 2017 revealed President Park Geun-hye spent crucial early hours of the rescue operation in her bedroom, meeting with Choi Soon-sil and also getting her hair done before attending emergency meetings at 5pm, 8 hours following the sinking.[249] National security officials Kim Jang-soo and Kim Kwan-jin, and Kim Ki-choon, former presidential chief of staff were prosecuted on charges of manipulating the Blue House records of her whereabouts on the day of the sinking.

Media representation

The aftermath of the sinking is documented in a film, created by two British filmmakers that were living in South Korea during the tragedy. The film uses interviews with survivors, emergency response workers, and family members of the victims along with news reports to create a study about the conflicting reports about disaster.[250] A separate short documentary In the Absence was created to showcase the disaster in real time, with audio, visual and multi-media messages and video from the victims. The documentary was nominated for Best Documentary Short in the 2020 Oscars.[251]

The disaster is the subject of the 2014 documentary film Daibingbel: The Truth Shall Not Sink with Sewol.[252] The director's cut of the film was made available for public viewing on YouTube on 31 August 2015.[253] The disaster is also subject of another documentary in 2016, After the Sewol.[254]

Reactions
A memorial wall near the Danwon High School, where most of the victims were from
A memorial ceremony in Hwarang Public Garden, a park near the Danwon High School
Pope Francis wearing a yellow ribbon on his 2014 state visit to South Korea. Before his visit, he said that he "hoped the South Korean people take the Sewol tragedy as an occasion for moral and spiritual rebirth."[255]

Political

In addition to reaction against the actions of the captain and much of the crew of Sewol,[256] there has been a much wider political reaction to the disaster. Criticism has ranged from anger at the lax regulatory environment which may have contributed to the safety violations that could have sunk Sewol,[257] to anger about the rescue operations,[258] to anger at Park Geun-hye, then President of South Korea, whose approval ratings fell from a high of 71 percent before the disaster to "the 40 percent range" weeks afterwards.[259]

Political reaction to the Sewol sinking has been intensified by a series of events. A prominent South Korean politician from the ruling Saenuri Party, Chung Mong-joon, was forced to apologize when his son wrote a controversial Facebook post criticizing the public for criticizing the government over the disaster.[260] Many parents of the victims of the tragedy have been expressing deep anger at the government, ranging from reportedly berating Prime Minister Jung Hong-won[261] to shouting at President Park Geun-hye,[262] to parents staging protests at the presidential palace itself, partly inflamed by a reported remark by a senior news editor at the government-influenced Korean Broadcasting System that the number of dead in the ferry tragedy was "not many, compared with the number of people killed in traffic accidents each year".[263]

Barack Obama, then President of the United States, sent his condolences, stated that the United States would help in the search for survivors, and during a state visit to South Korea presented a magnolia tree from the White House to the high school.[264][265] Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe offered sympathy to the victims.[266] Truong Tan Sang, the President of Vietnam, as well as the deputy prime minister and the minister of foreign affairs, sent their condolences to Yun Byung-se, South Korea's Minister of Foreign Affairs.[267] Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent their condolences to the president of South Korea.[268] Xi Jinping, the President of China, sent messages on condolences to Park.[269][270]

On 23 April, North Korea sent its condolences.[271]

On 27 April, Jung Hong-won, the prime minister of South Korea, accepted responsibility and announced his resignation.[272]

On 29 April, South Korean president Park Geun-hye indirectly apologized for the government's response to the ferry sinking.[273][274][275]

On 18 May 2014, the BBC reported that President Park Geun-hye announced South Korea "plans to break up its coastguard" after it had failed to respond well during the MV Sewol ferry disaster.[276] According to Park, "investigation and information roles will be transferred to the Korean police while the rescue and salvage operation and ocean security roles will be transferred to the Department for National Safety[277] which will be newly established".[278]

Civilian
Memorial place on Gwanghwamun Plaza
Memorial booth on Gwanghwamun Plaza

On 17 April, a representative of the Cheonghaejin Marine Company apologized for the incident.[279] The chairman and CEO of Korean Register of Shipping, Chon Young-Kee, resigned on 28 April, following raids on KR offices by South Korean prosecutors.[280]

On 18 April 2014, the rescued vice principal of Danwon High School, Kang Min-kyu, 52, committed suicide by hanging himself.[281] Kang had organized the field trip that had brought the high school party aboard the ship, and had written in his two-page suicide note, found in his wallet by police, that "Surviving alone is too painful when 200 lives are unaccounted for ... I take full responsibility."[282][283] The note ended with a request that his body be cremated and the ashes scattered over the site of the accident, "that I might be a teacher in heaven to those kids whose bodies have not been found."[284]

On 22 April, a netizen made a post encouraging others to take part in a yellow ribbon campaign on KakaoTalk. The image accompanying the post had a caption stating, 'One small movement, big miracles'.[285][286] Since then, the yellow ribbon has been used to symbolize mourning for the sinking victims.[287] The ribbons are prominent in social media, sometimes as profile photos,[288] and were used by celebrities such as Jo Kwon and Hye-rim Park.[286] In 2017, the yellow ribbon campaign received renewed media coverage as various musicians wrote songs with references to the symbol or were seen wearing the ribbon during performances and celebrities posted images of the ribbon on their social media sites to commemorate the third year after the disaster.[289][290][291]

On 17 April 2015, a day after the first anniversary of the sinking, 4,475 participants holding electronic candles formed the shape of the Sewol ferry at the commemoration event titled 'The Saddest Challenge in the World' in Seoul Plaza in front of City Hall.[292] [293] The event continues to be memorialized by Korean students in school ceremonies.[294][295]

Kim Gwan-hong, a Sewol diver, died from apparent suicide in June 2016 after suffering injuries during search and rescue operations that meant he was unable to work again as a diver.[296][297] During a government hearing in 2015, he testified that painful memories of handling dead bodies from the Sewol had haunted him.[297] He expressed disappointment in the government for their negligence towards volunteers, saying "now I urge the government not to seek people's help in any disaster but do it itself."[296]

Salvage

On 22 March 2017, the salvage operation began to raise the wreck of sunken Sewol.[298] A Chinese consortium, Shanghai Salvage Company, was contracted by the South Korean government to carry out the salvage operation.[299] The ship was lying on its port side, nearly 40 metres below the surface. Diesel and oil were drained from the ship. All the cabins were sealed and a huge fence was erected on the seabed to prevent any wreckage from drifting away. A crane lifted the bow of the ship five degrees so that 33 lifting beams could be placed underneath. The salvage crew pumped water out of the ship's ballast tanks and attached air bags to increase the ship's buoyancy. Cables were attached to the lifting beams and strand jacks gradually lifted the ship to 13 metres above the surface, where it was then attached to a barge. The ship was then towed and loaded onto a semi-submersible vessel, Dockwise White Marlin.[300] The ship was loaded onto self-propelled modular transporters (SPMTs) while on the vessel, which then transported it to shore. The vessel docked at Mokpo, where ALE were contracted to unload the ship using the SPMTs.[301]

Bones reportedly found within the ferry were analyzed and affirmed to be of animal origin.[302]

As of 5 June 2017, the remains of Danwon High School student Cho Eun-hwa and passenger Lee Young-sook have been discovered and positively identified.[303][304] The remains of a third victim have been discovered relatively intact, although DNA testing is still ongoing to determine the identity of those remains.[305]

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