Title: Live updates on the sunken ferry disaster in Korea
Flares are fueling current rescue operations for the capsized ferry off Korea's southwestern coast as we enter the third night of this tragedy.
On Friday... valiant attempts by divers hoping to pull survivors out of the ship... bore some fruit... in that they reached inside the hull.
But there have been conflicting accounts... all day... about how successful they've been.
For details,... we'll go to the Arirang News Center.
Hi, Ji-won, just how far did the divers get on Friday?
Hi, Sean,...
The divers have been continuing search-and-rescue operations for the past few hours,... as they tried to take advantage of the low tide... to find survivors in the sunken ship.
Latest reports say,... rescue divers successfully entered the third floor of the sunken ferry,... however they haven't reached the inside of the third floor,... where the cafeteria is located,...
That's where many students are believed to be trapped.
The rescue team is expected to continue their search operations throughout the night.
Well, earlier in the afternoon, they reached the freight car, on the second floor, and the steer station on the fifth floor.
But the divers retreated just 14 minutes later, after a guideline broke during attempts to break open a door to one of the compartments on the second floor.
The divers have reportedly made it to the fourth floor, but no survivors have been found yet.
There had been conflicting reports concerning the rescue team's entry into the vessel, which led the Central Disaster Safety Headquarters to issue an apology for their inaccurate updates.
Ji-won, the Korea Coast Guard announced in the past few hours,... a revision to the total number of passengers that were onboard?
Yes, Sean.
The Korea Coast Guard said,... the total number is 4-hundred-76... not 4-hundred-75 as previously reported.
Also, they have revised down the number of rescued to 1-hundred74.
