surtur Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 https://ca.news.yahoo.com/south-korea-passenger-ship-350-board-sends-distress-004236356--business.html More than 280 people, many of them students from the same high school, were missing after a ferry capsized off South Korea on Wednesday, in what could be the country's biggest maritime disaster in over 20 years. The ferry was carrying 462 people, of whom 174 have been rescued, coastguard officials said. Four people were confirmed deadWow couldn't imagine be a parent of one of the kids on board. So many unaccounted for is crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiDeN Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Wow. Hope they find them soon. Potential North Korea involvement? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inane Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 ! I've been on that boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Wow. Hope they find them soon. Potential North Korea involvement? Doubtful. Fairly far from North Korea, no motive, little capability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offensive Threat Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Doubtful. Fairly far from North Korea, no motive, little capability. North Korea has over 40 active Sang-O class submarines with a range of 2800 kms. They have multiple torpedo tubes and can easily take out an unguarded civilian ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surtur Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 North Korea has over 40 active Sang-O class submarines with a range of 2800 kms. They have multiple torpedo tubes and can easily take out an unguarded civilian ship. interesting thought , but i hope if anything it was just a freak accident esp with so many kids on board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-SN- Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 North Korea has over 40 active Sang-O class submarines with a range of 2800 kms. They have multiple torpedo tubes and can easily take out an unguarded civilian ship. They aren't great subs, are rarely seen away from the border, and the waters are heavily guarded. Possible, but not very likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 North Korea has over 40 active Sang-O class submarines with a range of 2800 kms. They have multiple torpedo tubes and can easily take out an unguarded civilian ship. ..... The ship flipped over. It capsized. It hasn't sunk. Submarines do not flip giant ferries over.... they blow it up or sink it. It could've been a terrorist attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 This is just so sad. Seeing the news and some of the last texts the passengers sent before they passed away, it's just so depressing. "Incase I don't have another chance, I just want to say I love you mom". "For anyone I've ever wronged, please forgive me". :( RIP to all on board. This is truly tragic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 Heard on CBC, while driving, that early reports indicate ferry staff told people to wait in their rooms during the ordeal, thereby leading to few evacuees. Crazy if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimito Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 of the 46 life boats, only one was deployed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaK Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 of the 46 life boats, only one was deployed. Heard on CBC, while driving, that early reports indicate ferry staff told people to wait in their rooms during the ordeal, thereby leading to few evacuees. Crazy if true. It really does sound like a botched evacuation is what will ultimately be responsible for a large death toll. 1. Before sailing let passengers know what to do in an emergency... specifically point out the muster stations 2. When an emergency takes place move passengers to muster stations (even if only a precaution) 3. Prepare the lifeboats/rafts (again, even if only a precaution) 4. When the order is given fill lifeboats and launch them. If it is impossible to launch boats or if you don't have boats, launch rafts. It sounds like the command crew on board lost their heads and forgot to declare an emergency when the first sign of trouble occurred. They were probably just commencing steps 2 & 3 when they should have been on step 4. Not to mention telling people to stay where they are is mind boggling... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 17, 2014 Share Posted April 17, 2014 A question for everyone, when you ride a BC Ferry do YOU check were the rafts and lifejackets are? You dam well should. 2 minutes of prep could save your life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobble Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 CNN will be loving this. Hope everyone is found safely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surtur Posted April 18, 2014 Author Share Posted April 18, 2014 A question for everyone, when you ride a BC Ferry do YOU check were the rafts and lifejackets are? You dam well should. 2 minutes of prep could save your life. i have been on 1 ferry and i didn't even leave my truck, it was just a highway ferry crossing but still i never even thought about it at the time. i guess chances of something happening while crossing a lake in 15min are a lot smaller then boating in an ocean over a much longer time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 Many lives would have been saved if they were told to go up on deck. To stay in the cabins was a death warrant. Especially since the ship took couple of hours to sink, unlike a plane crash where people could die in an instant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denguin Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 This is just so sad. Seeing the news and some of the last texts the passengers sent before they passed away, it's just so depressing. "Incase I don't have another chance, I just want to say I love you mom". "For anyone I've ever wronged, please forgive me". :( RIP to all on board. This is truly tragic. All the texts are fake, according to a specialized cyber police unit... People are disgusting. First with all the MH 370 "sightings" and now this. I cannot see how one can do these things and not realize the psychological harm they cause everyone personally involved. http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/asia/south-korea-ferry-social-media-reax/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 All the texts are fake, according to a specialized cyber police unit... People are disgusting. First with all the MH 370 "sightings" and now this. I cannot see how one can do these things and not realize the psychological harm they cause everyone personally involved. http://www.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/asia/south-korea-ferry-social-media-reax/ The fake texts are those being sent after the incident. There were certainly texts being sent during the whole ordeal and they'll use the times sent to bust the crew for dooming the passengers and jumping ship before others. This article and the coverage in the west is very poor. For something with this much urgency and uncertainty, I'd think the media would try to be on their best game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surtur Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 apparently the captain has been arrested and charged, and on a sad note apparently the teacher of the students on board who escaped with his life has killed himself due to the guilt of being responsible for the kids that died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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