Investigation Fails to Pinpoint Cause of Sewol Ferry SinkingThis week, an eight-member panel appointed by the South Korean government to investigate the 2014 capsizing and sinking of the Sewol ferry released its findings from the investigation, failing to pinpoint an exact cause.
Instead, the panel concluded that the sinking could have been due to problems with the ship, such as a sudden turn, excessive cargo load, or stability or buoyancy issues created by substandard refurbishing, or external factors, such as collision with a submarine or other unknown objects, Yonhap News reported.
Investigators have said previously that the ferry was structurally unsound, overloaded and traveling too fast on a turn when it capsized on April 16, 2014 off the southwestern tip of South Korea, killing 304 people. Most of the victims were children attending a high school field trip
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