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A South Korean passenger ferry carrying 246 passengers and 21 crew has run aground on rocks off the country’s south-east coast.<\/p>\n
The Queen Jenuvia 2 is stuck on a reef and unable to move, but there is currently no risk of sinking or capsizing, according to the Coast Guard. People are currently being moved to patrol boats, it said.<\/p>\n
The accident happened near Jangsan Island in Sinan County on Wednesday evening local time. The vessel ran aground on rocks near the uninhabited island of Jogdo.<\/p>\n
Local media reported that five people sustained minor injuries from the impact of the grounding, but there have been no other casualties.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok has ordered all available vessels to be mobilised to rescue the ferry.<\/p>\n
“We have confirmed that there is currently no flooding. We are transferring passengers to patrol boats and moving them to a safe location,” a Coast Guard official said, Chosun Ilbo newspaper reports.<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard plans to move the vessel ashore at high tide.<\/p>\n
The ferry was travelling to the port city of Mokpo after departing from the resort island of Jeju, carrying 246 passengers and 21 crew members, the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n
The area is near the site of the sinking of the Sewol ferry in 2014 that killed more than 300 people<\/a>, mostly school children heading for a school trip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n