'It Was Fine Then The Ship Went BOOM': Passengers Describe Terrifying Moment Massive Ferry Starting Sinking Off South Korea Leaving At Least Four Dead And 300 Unaccounted For -- Daily Mail
* Dozens of boats, helicopters and divers are trying to rescue hundreds of passengers who are unaccounted for
* Officials say 164 people have been rescued so far, but the coast guard fear the number of casualties could rise
* More than 300 people on board were high school students who were on a trip at the time
* Ferry was sailing to the southern island of Jeju when it sent a distress call around after it began leaning to one side
* The government said about 95 per cent of the ship was submerged when the rescue operation began
* A 27-year-old woman named Park Ji-yeong and high school student Jeong Cha Woong are among the dead
* Passenger, who was rescued from the ferry, says he is 'certain' people are still trapped inside
At least four people have been killed and more than 300 are still missing after a ferry carrying mostly schoolchildren sank off of South Korea.
Emergency services have managed to save 164 people from the submerged boat, but officials fear hundreds could still be trapped inside.
Dozens of boats, helicopters and divers scrambled to rescue more than 470 people were were aboard the 6,825-ton ferry in what emergency services are calling the country's biggest peacetime disaster in 20 years.
The South Korean Coast Guard fear the number of casualties could rise 'drastically' as they continue to drag passengers out of the water and try to locate people who were still inside the boat when it sank.
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