하루 동안 시신 수십구 수습…실종자 가족 통곡
항해사·기관장·'가짜 잠수사'·구호품 납품 사기 피의자 등 줄체포
여객선 '세월호' 침몰사고 발생 엿새째인 21일 민·관·군 합동구조팀이 선내 3~4층에서 다수의 시신을 한꺼번에 수습했다.
구조팀이 수중 투입 인원을 늘려 정조시간에 구애받지 않고 24시간 선체 진입을 시도하면서 수색 구조작업을 벌였으나 기적을 기다렸던 실종자 가족은 통곡했다.
진도 해상교통관제센터(VTS)와 교신한 항해사 등 선원 4명을 체포하는 등 검경 합동수사본부의 수사도 속도를 내고 있다.
허위 인터뷰, 실종자 구호품 납품 사기 등으로 국민의 마음에 두번 상처를 준 피의자들도 경찰에 체포됐다.
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Death toll hits 150 as divers pull more bodies from sunken ferry
Coast Guard, Navy and civilian divers recovered more than 80 bodies Monday from a sunken ferry off South Korea's southwest coast as they continued a desperate search for missing passengers.
The death toll from the capsized ferry Sewol rose to 150 as of 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, including three foreign victims, as divers focused their search on the third and fourth decks of the five-story vessel, where most of those unaccounted for are believed to have been trapped.
Hundreds of divers struggled to search inside ship for 152 people who remain missing after the 6,825-ton ferry Sewol capsized off the southwestern coast of Jindo on a foggy Wednesday morning.
Of the 476 people on board, only 174 passengers, including the ferry's captain and most of its crew, were rescued after the boat, en route from the western port city of Incheon to the southern resort island of Jeju, listed due to what is believed to have been a sharper than usual turn.
The dining hall on the third floor, in particular, has been cited as one of several areas where many of the passengers are expected to be found, along with lounges and shopping areas.
"So far, divers have set up a total of five guide lines.
Multiple rescue workers have been trying to enter inside the boat at the same time to speed up operations," said Ko Myeong-seok, a spokesman for the government task force handling the disaster, referring to lines that help workers move down to and inside the sunken vessel. (Yonhap)
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