--- description: With over 270 people still missing, rescuers contend with bad weather and strong tides to find anyone still alive inside the sunken ship title: South Korea Ferry Disaster: Rescuers Battle Elements As Search Goes On image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [South Korea](/tag/south-korea/) ## South Korea Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rescuers Battle Elements in Search for Ferry Missing by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2014 2:54 PM CUT by [TIME Video](/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 19, 2014 2:54 PM CUT A massive search effort is under way to locate over 270 people still missing in the sunken ferry in South Korea’s Yellow Sea. Now, bad weather and strong currents are slowing down the rescue effort. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/69100/south-korea-ferry-rescuers/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/69100/south-korea-ferry-rescuers/"},"headline":"Rescuers Battle Elements in Search for Ferry Missing","datePublished":"2014-04-19T14:54:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:23:38.998Z","description":"With over 270 people still missing, rescuers contend with bad weather and strong tides to find anyone still alive inside the sunken ship","url":"https://time.com/69100/south-korea-ferry-rescuers/","keywords":["South Korea"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Video","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-video/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/south-korea/","name":"South Korea"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/69100/south-korea-ferry-rescuers/","name":"Rescuers Battle Elements in Search for Ferry Missing"}}]}] ```