세월호로 본 한국의 위상 현주소 - 영국 언론 자료

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작성일 : 2014. 4. 17. 20:22

도덕적 해이· 초라한 국가 위기시스템의 현주소 '슬픔 넘어 분노 느껴'

2014년 4월 16일 오전 KTX 부산행 열차속에서 뉴스 속보로 접한 진도 해안 선박사고...처음 뉴스 속보에는 "여객선 침몰 중..."이라고 나왔습니다. 완전 침몰 전 사고가 접수되었으므로 긴급 구조작업이 진행되면, 인명피해는 크게 없을거라고 생각했습니다.

근데 4월 15일 저녁 9시에 인천여객터미널에서 출항한 "세월호"가 운항 중, 4월 16일 오전 8시 58분 목포해양경찰청 상황실에 사고가 접수됩니다. 사고 접수후 47분이 지난 9시 45분에 중앙재난안전대책본부 가동이 시작 됐습니다. 

그리고 한성호(637호)외 10척이 현장에 가장 먼저 도착해서 구조작업이 이루어진 시간은 오전 9시 30분입니다.

"사고가 발생한지 나흘이 지났는데도 아직 가족의 생사조차 알 수없는 많은 분들과 가족을 잃은 슬픔에 비통해 하시는 유가족분들께 진심으로 위로의 말씀을 올립니다"

그리고 "뜻하지 않은 사고를 당한 희생자분들께 깊은 애도를 표합니다"

이번 세월호의 침몰은 우리 대한민국의 축소판을 보는듯 합니다. 책임사회가 구축되지 못한 우리의 모습을 여실히 보여 주었습니다. “무책임함” 그것이 이 사고를 인재로 만들었습니다. 

또한 "한국전쟁 이후 경제적으로 큰 성장을 이룬 내 나라로 자랑스럽게 생각해 왔지만 이번 참사로 도덕적 해이, 국가 시스템의 초라한 현주소를 적나라하게 봤습니다"

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A huge search operation is still underway off the coast of South Korea as rescuers continued looking for 300 passengers missing after a ferry carrying mostly schoolchildren sank.

At least four people have died, but officials fear the number of casualties could rise 'drastically' with hundreds still trapped inside the submerged vessel.

As night fell, emergency services claimed they had saved 164 people from the boat, which had 470 people on board. Dozens of fishing vessels, helicopters and divers desperately scrambled to rescue people on the 6,825-ton ferry in what emergency services are calling the country's biggest peacetime disaster in 20 years.

Survivors, who were taken to safety on nearby Jindo Island, described how the emergency services told them to stay on the ship, despite the fact 95 per cent of it had submerged.

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▲Terrifying: The South Korean ferry dangerously listed to one side while on its way to Jeju

    island about 100km south of the Korean peninsula.

▲Rescue mission: Helicopters approach the ferry to help rescue the 476 passengers and crew

   after the vessel sank on on its way to Jeju island in South Korea.

▲Drama: Members of the South Korea Coast Guard rescue passengers and crew as the ferry

    lists perilously to one side.

Cha Eun-ok, who was on deck of the ferry taking photographs when the disaster began, said: 'The on-board announcement told people to stay put ... people who stayed are trapped.'

She then described hearing a 'boom' before cargo began to fall into the surrounding water and the ferry started to list dramatically. The boat was sailing to the southern island of Jeju when it sent a distress call Wednesday morning after it began leaning to one side, according to the Ministry of Security and Public Administration.

Coastguard footage showed the vessel submerged with only its bow visible 12 miles from Byeongpoong island off the southwest corner of the Korean peninsula. The government said about 95 per cent of the ship was submerged.

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The Ministry of Security and Public Administration named 27-year-old woman Park Ji-yeong, a female employee of the boat operator and high school student Jeong Cha Woong as being among the victims, according to Bloomberg.

As well as the passengers, there were 150 vehicles on board the ferry Sewol, officials said.

An official from the Danwon High School in Ansan, a Seoul suburb, had earlier said all of its 338 students and teachers had been rescued, but that figure could not be confirmed by the coastguard as the search effort continued.

The cause of the disaster was not immediately clear, although some survivors reported that the ship appeared to have been involved in some sort of impact.

A crew member of a government ship involved in the rescue, who said he had spoken to members of the sunken ferry's crew, said the area was free of reefs or rocks and the cause was likely some sort of malfunction on the vessel.

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▲A total of 16 helicopters, 34 rescue vessels and navy divers were sent to the area, a vice

minister for South Korea's Public Administration and Security Ministry, told a news conference.

▲Local media ran terrifying photos showing the partially submerged ferry tilting

   dramatically as helicopters flew overhead and rescue vessels floated nearby.

▲Rescue mission: Around 12 miles off the island of Byungpoong in Jindo, Coast Guard

   members search near the sunken ferry.

▲Engulfed: Hundreds of passengers are still believed to be trapped inside the boat, most of

    which is now under water.

▲Impact: Terrified passengers described hearing a 'loud noise' just after breakfast before it

   began to list dramatic ally.

▲Trapped: Passengers wait for help inside a cabin of the ship. Officials said 95 percent of the

    vessel was subm erged.

However, marine salvage expert Captain John Noble, told Sky News the most likely explanation was the ferry hit an object in the water. He added that passengers would have struggled to get off the vessel soon after it began listing.

There were reports of the ferry having veered off its course but coordinates of the site of the accident provided by port authorities indicated it was not far off the regular shipping lane.

Several survivors spoke of hearing a 'loud impact' before the ship started listing and rolling on its side. Within a couple of hours, the Sewol lying on its port side. Soon after, the ship had completely turned over, with only the forward part of its white and blue hull showing above the water.

Coastguard vessels and fishing boats scrambled to the rescue with television footage showing rescuers pulling passengers in life vests out of the water as their boats bobbed beside the ferry's hull. Other passengers were winched to safety by helicopters.

A student, Lim Hyung-min, told broadcaster YTN from a gym on a nearby island that he jumped into the ocean wearing a life jacket with other students and then swam to a nearby rescue boat.

'As the ferry was shaking and tilting, we all tripped and bumped into each another,' Lim said, adding that some people were bleeding. once he jumped, the ocean 'was so cold. ... I was hurrying, thinking that I wanted to live.'

▲Rope: A South Korean Maritime Police boat pulls up along side the passenger ferry and to

    life people out of the surrounding water.

▲Turning: Debris is scattered and left floating on the surface as the ferry's deck continues to

    be engulfed by wate.

▲Side: Rescue teams approach the sunken vessel in an attempt to pull passengers to safety

    and take them back to land.

▲Bleak: The effort to find the 300 missing passengers is becoming more difficult as the ferry

    continues to sink.

▲Protection: A young girl is wrapped up in a blanket after being rescued by South Korean

   maritime policemen from the sinking vessel.

▲Passengers in life jackets swim towards rescue boats as they are pulled from the ferry

   15miles off the island of Byungpoong.

▲A group of rescue boats and fishing vessels approach the sunken ferry as they try to rescue

   passengers who have been stuck on board for several hours.

▲A passenger steps off the deck of the ferry, which is sloping perilously towards the sea,

    onto a rescue boat.

▲Scramble: Maritime officers dressed in black climb up the side of the ship to reach

   passengers trapped on the ferry's deck.

▲Retrieval‎‍: South Korean Coast Guard members hover over the submerged boat in

   a helicopter as trapped passe ngers grab onto rails and climb onto the outside of

   the ship.

▲Pulled up: A passenger is lynched to safety by one of the helicopters scrambled to help with

   the rescue operation.

▲Drop: A passenger is rescued from the second deck of the sinking ferry as she hangs over

   the water.

▲Injured: An injured passenger rescued by South Korean maritime policemen from the ship

   is treated at Jindo Port.

Victims: This photo shows people being brought onto land in Jindo after a South Korean ferry carrying 476 passengers and crew sank on its way to Jeju island from Incheon on Local media ran terrifying photos showing the partially submerged ferry tilting dramatically as helicopters flew overhead and rescue vessels and a small boat covered with an orange tarp over it floated nearby.

Passenger Kim Seong-mok, speaking from a nearby island after his rescue, told YTN that he was 'certain' people were trapped inside the ship as water quickly filled up inside and the severe tilt of the ferry kept them from reaching the exits.

Some people yelled at those who couldn't get out, urging them to break windows.

Kim said that after having breakfast he felt the ferry tilt and then heard it crash into something.

He said the ferry operator made an announcement asking that passengers wait and not move from their places. Kim said he didn't hear any announcement telling passengers to escape.

▲Fears: As the sun set over the ocaen, rescue teams were still desperately hunting for

   survivors, some of whom are still trapped inside.

▲Night search: Maritime police send up a flare to act as a source of light. Barely any of the

   boat is visible above the surface.

▲Fading daylight: A boat shines a light on the Sewol as rescue vessels continue searching

   for missing passengers.

▲Poor visibility: Two members of the South Korean maritime police look out over the vast

   expanse of water, while boats gather round the submerged ferry in the distance.

▲Lowering: As the sky gets darker, more of the boat becomes engulfed in the water.

▲Hope: A man sits on the edge of the harbour in Jindo, waiting for missing relatives from

   the sunken ferry to return.

▲Anxious: A group gather by the waterfront to wait for rescue boats to return. Elite Navy

   SEAL divers have joined the effort to find missing passengers.

▲Watching on: A man makes a phone call as he gathers with other concerned relatives,

   desperate to find out more information.

▲Bleak: Those waiting at the port can only sit helpless as they look out across the landscape.

▲Together: Three men in face masks gather on the harbour to wait for news of their

    relatives. Many are still thought to be trapped in the ship.

▲After dark: Relatives stayed as night drew in, anxious for news of survivors. The fading

    light however means the search effort will be more difficult.

▲Looking for comfort: A woman lowers her head into a blanket she is gripping tightly.

▲Grasp: Two people, surrounded by television cameras, hold each other has the wait at the

    port.

▲Cold: Students lean against railings, wrapped up in blankets as the search effort continues.

▲Searching: Three people look out to sea, waiting for survivors to return safely. The

    search operation has lasted several hours and has been lengthened into the night.

▲Wrapped-up: Relatives wait at the harbour on Jindo island as they wait for updates in the

   rescue operation.

▲Anguish: A relative of one of the missing passengers weeps. She can do nothing as boats,

    helicopters and divers desperately try and find the people still unaccounted for.

▲Waiting: Anxious faces on the seawall of Jindo Port in the southwestern province of South

    Jeolla.

▲Tears: A woman struggles to hold back her emotions as she waits for news of the search operation Another

    person reported hearing a loud noise before the incident.

'We heard a big thumping sound and the boat stopped,' the unnamed passenger told the YTN news channel by telephone.

The water temperature in the area was about 12 degrees Celsius, cold enough to cause signs of hypothermia after about 90 minutes or two hours, according to an emergency official who spoke on condition of anonymity citing department rules.

The students are from a high school in Ansan city near Seoul and were on their way to Jeju island for a four-day trip, according to a relief team set up by Gyeonggi Province, which governs the city.

The ferry left Incheon port, just west of Seoul, on Tuesday evening, according to the state-run Busan Regional Maritime Affairs & Port Administration. At the high school, students were sent home and parents gathered for news about the ferry.

▲Consoling: Relatives weep as they embrace each other. As darkness fell over Jindo Island,

    hundreds of people were still missing.

▲Helpless: The two people stand among photographers and video cameras. A survivor

   revealed how some passengers were told to stay on the sinking ship by rescue workers.

▲Emotional support: A South Korean woman covers her face while two other relatives

   console her.

▲Waiting: one man checks his phone (left) while a group of relatives stand wrapped in

    blankets on the harbour.

▲Mobile: A woman cries as she speaks on the phone, trying to find out information about

   the remaining passengers who are unaccounted for

Park Ji-hee, a first-year student, said she saw about a dozen parents crying at the school entrance and many cars and taxis gathered at the gate as she left in the morning.

She said some students in her classroom began to cry as they saw the news on their handsets. Teachers tried to soothe them, saying that the students on the ferry would be fine.

A total of 16 helicopters, 34 rescue vessels and navy divers were sent to the area, Lee Gyeong-og, a vice minister for South Korea's Public Administration and Security Ministry, told a televised news conference.

He said President Park Geun-hye ordered a thorough rescue operation to prevent deaths. He said 14 had been injured so far, including one described as serious, and taken to hospitals.

▲Shelter: Relatives lay down blankets and sit a gym, waiting for news of the whereabouts

    of their loved ones.

▲Difficult time: Two women try and comfort each other as they wait for news of the

    survivors. Some are still believed to be trapped inside the sunken vessel.

▲Distress: Two South Koreans show their devastation as they wait for updates from the sea.

▲Transport: Survivors, wrapped in blankets, are led towards a coach by the emergency

    services after being brought onto land.

▲Huddled together: Rescued passengers are escorted by members of a rescue team upon

   their arrival at a port in Jindo, while the coast guard continue to drag people out of the

   water and search for survivors.

▲Horrified: Three women react after being rescued on the ferry that was travelling from

    Incheon to Jeju island.

▲Operation: Emergency services and number of buses await the arrival of rescued

    passengers at Jindo.

▲Crowd: Survivors, including young children, gather in front of medical officials as they

    look to stay warm.

▲Prepared: Paramedics wait to treat injured passengers being brought back to land The U.S.

Navy has also sent a ship to join the search-and-rescue operation. They said the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard, which has helicopters on board, was on a routine patrol off South Korea's west coast and was diverted to the scene of the accident.

President Park Geun-hye ordered all available vessels and special operations divers to assist with the operation, as the rescue continues to help the remaining passengers.

The white car ferry was 20-years-old having been built in 1994 to hold a capacity of 921 passengers, South Korea's largest news agency Yonhap claims.

The high number of people unaccounted for raised fears that the death toll could rise drastically, making it one of South Korea's biggest ferry disasters since 1993, when 292 people died.

▲Help arrives: A helicopter and fishing boat try to rescue passengers from the ferry which

    is stranded in water off the southern coast of South Korea.

▲Account: Survivors have said they heard a 'loud bang' before the ship began rolling

   on its side. Authorities have confirmed there are no large reefs or rocks in the area.

▲Reunion: A father hugs his daughter who was pulled from the sinking ferry.

▲Agony: A list of survivors is attached to the wall of a gym in Jindo. Terrified parents

    approach to see if they can find the names of their children

▲Pain: Another woman agonisingly searches the list of survivors, hoping to find a name she

   knows.

▲Scared: A mother, pictured right, finds her son's name among the list of rescued

    passengers. More than 100 are unaccounted for.

▲Scared: Rescued passengers support each other inside the school gym as they wait to hear

    news concerning their fellow passengers.

▲Worried: Parents gather at Danwon high school in Ansan, South Korea, to search for their

   childrens' names on the list of survivors.

▲Emotional: Parents at the school are demanding information on the whereabouts of their

    loved ones who were on a trip when the ferry began to sink.

▲Relief: The mother reacts as she finds her son's name om the survivors list at a gym where

    rescued passengers have gathered in Jindo.

▲Prayer: Parents wait to be reunited with their children as a bus carrying rescued

    passengers returns to Danwon high school.

▲Frantic: South Korean coast guard police work quickly to organise a rescue operation.

▲Shocking: A man watches the dramatic images shown on TV news in South Korea.

▲Saved: Passengers were brought onto land in Jindo after a South Korean ferry carrying

   476 passengers and crew sank.

▲Concerned: Koreans gathered around televisions to watch the rescue operation unfold off

    South Korea's southw estern coast.

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