Reports: Ferry with 471 people sinking off South Korea, no deaths reported
SEOUL, South Korea – A government office says a South Korean passenger ship carrying about 470 people has sent a distress call off the southern coast after it began leaning to one side.
South Korean media, including Yonhap news agency, say passengers were asked to jump overboard with life vests as the ship was on the verge of sinking. News reports say about 120 people have already been rescued.
The Busan Regional Maritime Affairs & Port Administration says in a statement that the ferry with 471 people was sailing to the southern island of Jeju when it sent a distress call Wednesday morning.
There are no immediate reports of causalities.
Agency officials say they have no further details. Calls to South Korea’s coast guard headquarters weren’t immediately answered.
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