Sacheomwi: "Sewol Ferry 'Submarine Collision Theory' Is Not the Committee's Official Position"

The scene at the time of the Sewol ferry disaster on April 16, 2014 [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Dong-hoon] Regarding some claims that 'the Sewol ferry sank after colliding with a submarine,' the Special Investigation Commission on Social Disasters (Sacheomwi) stated that "this is not the official position of the commission."

On the 4th, Sacheomwi released an explanatory statement saying, "The commission is investigating various possibilities regarding the cause of the sinking," and emphasized, "We are conducting investigations related to the cause of the Sewol ferry sinking through scientific and objective experiments. We plan to have the findings verified by experts from the Korean Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers, the Korean Society of Fluid Power and Construction Machinery, and the Korean Society of Marine Environment and Safety."

Earlier, on the 1st of this month, KBS reported on the research service report by Sacheomwi investigating the cause of the Sewol ferry sinking, stating, "Some Sacheomwi officials say that the only force strong enough to cause the stabilizer (a device that balances the ship) to over-rotate on the seabed could be a submarine."

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