Transcript: Passengers couldn't escape South Korean ferry, crew member says
JINDO. KAZINFORM Passengers aboard the doomed South Korean ferry could not board lifeboats because the vessel had already listed too much, a crew member on the ship said, according to a radio transcript released Sunday.
The dramatic conversation that took place while the Sewol ferry was sinking last Wednesday was released by the search mission's joint task force, CNN reports. Here's an exchange between an unidentified crew member of the Sewol and the Jindo Vehicle Traffic Service: Sewol: "Our ship is listing and may fall." Jindo VTS: "How are the passengers doing? ..." Sewol: "It's too listed that they are not able to move." Why did the captain abandon ship? Could moving the ship hurt survivors? S. Korea ferry captain defends actions Outrage grows after ferry sinks A short time later, another exchange took place: Jindo VTS: "Are the passengers able to escape?" Sewol: "The ship listed too much, so it is impossible." The transcripts may help answer one of the major questions about the capsizing: Why didn't passengers escape on lifeboats? Details also at