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South Korea ferry disaster: All navigation crew 'held'
Source: BBC
All 15 crew members involved in the navigation of the ill-fated South Korean passenger ferry Sewol are now reportedly in custody, facing criminal negligence charges.
The prosecution requested arrest warrants for four additional crew members. Eleven others, including the captain, had been detained earlier.
The ferry with 476 people on board sank off South Korea on 16 April.
Divers have recovered 183 bodies, but scores are missing presumed drowned.
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On Friday, divers found 48 bodies of students wearing lifejackets in a single room on the vessel meant to accommodate just over 30 people.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-27169401
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many had no chance the way the ship was listing.
