The "Sewol" will not be ready to leave for Mokpo until March 30 at least. Preparing the wreck for transfer to a dry dock will take a few additional days. The wreck should be drained of as much seawater and oil as possible and fastened to the "White Marlin". Workers from Shanghai Salvage continued draining the ship of seawater and oil on March 27. The ballast tank was to be completely drained on March 28. Much of the mixture of oil and water escaped the ferry as it rose out of the water,” said Lee Cheol-jo, head of the Sewol salvaging committee. “The process of puncturing the bottom of the ship to drain this area will start once the ferry reaches land. Workers will continue to fasten the ferry to the semi-submersible ship today and from March 29 to March 30 they will remove four buoyancy tanks attached to the semi-submersible to increase its buoyancy as it lifted the ferry out of the water. Four buoyancy tanks installed on the semi-submersible ship must also be removed in preparation for modular transporters that will slide under the ferry to wheel it onto the dry dock, where it will be examined for missing bodies and the precise cause of its capsizing on April 16, 2014. The ferry is expected to be put on land around April 5 or 6, and investigations into the ferry will begin around April 10. Probing the interior of the ferry for missing bodies and the causes for its capsizing will begin once the ferry is safely on land. The Oceans Ministry and Shanghai Salvage will also investigate the seabed where the "Sewol" ended up from early April. Divers will search for missing bodies and articles from the victims within a 3-meter high, 160-meter by 200-meter mesh-fence that was installed around the wrecked ferry in April 2016.
ACCIDENTS
28 March 2017 - 00:00
Update: 28 March 2017 - 12:43
Preparations for move to Mokpo will take a few days
Preparations for move to Mokpo will take a few days
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28 March 2017 - 00:00
Update: 28 March 2017 - 12:43
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