Plunging into the murky waters of the Yellow Sea, South Korean divers on Tuesday drilled a hole into the hull of a sunken patrol vessel in a desperate search for survivors of their nation’s worst naval disaster.
The effort came as a grim South Korea entered its fourth day of searching for why the 1,200-ton combat corvette Cheonan vanished beneath the tense maritime border between the two Koreas late Friday.
The boat broke in two following a mysterious explosion in its hull, officials say. Fifty-eight of the 104 crew members, including the captain, survived but 46 others remained missing. And as hours ticked by, the nation came closer to presuming the men dead.
Full story: Divers drill into hull of sunken South Korean combat ship – latimes.com