List of South Korean ferry disasters explained
This is a list of disasters involving ferries of South Korea.
| Date | Ship Name | Description | Lives Lost | Image |
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| 1953 January 5 | | It was cruising from Yeosu towards Busan.[1] 229 out of 236 passengers died due to "non-compliance with regulations: freight overload".[2] | 229 | |
| 1963 January 18 | | 140 out of 141 passengers died due to "non-compliance with regulations: ignored storm alert; passenger and freight overload". | 140 | |
| 1970 December 14 | MV Namyoung-ho | Travelling from Busan towards Jeju.[3] 326 out of 388 passengers died due to "non-compliance with regulations: freight overload; illegal reconstruction". | 326 | |
| 1993 October 10 | MV Seohae | Sank near Wido island, Jeolla Province. The ship was carrying 362 passengers (141 more than its capacity) and heavy freight in bad weather. | 292 | |
| 2014 April 16 | MV Sewol | Capsized while carrying 476 people, mostly secondary school students from Danwon High School (Ansan City) who were travelling from Incheon towards Jeju.[4] The ship was overloaded with 3,608 tons of cargo, more than three times its capacity of 987 tons.[5] | 304[6] | |
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See also
Notes and References
- Web site: 창경호, 다대포서 침몰... 229명 사망 . Changgyeong sank at Dadaepo... 229 died . 2012-01-09 . Kyeonggi.com . Korean.
- Dostal . Jörg Michael . Kim . Hyun-jin . Ringstad . Albin . A Historical-Institutionalist Analysis of the MV Sewol and MS Estonia Tragedies: Policy Lessons from Sweden for South Korea . The Korean Journal of Policy Studies . 2015 . 30 . 1 . 35–71 . 10.52372/kjps30102 . 10371/94529 . 131296987 . 15 August 2020.
- Web site: 남영호 사고 326명 사망 '최악'... 서해 페리호 292명 숨져 . Namyoungho accident killed 326 people 'worst' ... Seohae ferry 292 people died . 2014-04-17 . dongA.com . Korean.
- News: Kim . Jack . Yoo . Choonsik . More than 300 people missing after South Korea ferry sinks - coast guard . 15 August 2020 . Reuters . 16 April 2014.
- News: Campbell . Charlie . Reports: The South Korean Ferry Sank Because It Was Dangerously Overloaded . . 2 May 2014 . 6 June 2021.
- News: McGrath . Ben . Murder trial of Sewol captain begins in South Korea . 23 June 2014 . World Socialist Web Site . International Committee of the Fourth International . 17 June 2014.
