Sewol-ho ferry returns to land after 1,091 days

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Nearly three years after the Sewol-ho ferry sank off the southwest coast of South Korea, the vessel has finally been moved to land.
A search inside the ship is likely to take place next week.
Kim Mok-yeon has the latest.
At around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, the Sewol-ho salvage team successfully completed the final stages of securing the ferry on land.
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries declared the salvage operation complete -- with a week to go until the tragedy's third anniversary.
The first salvage efforts began 2015, and the latest and final ones started 20 days ago.
The ministry initially planned to move the ship so it would be parallel to the sea, but decided to leave it where it is due to concerns about its structural integrity.
Engineers have removed the modular transporters that were used to move the vessel onto the dock from the ship that brought it into port.
Now they'll weld support brackets onto the lifting beams that were used to raise the vessel to the surface.
In the upcoming week, the salvage team will clean the ferry's exterior and carry out safety checks of the interior by measuring the level of oxygens and harmful gases inside.
A search for the bodies of the missing 9 passengers is expected to begin as soon as next Monday, a day after the anniversary of the sinking on April 16th.
The government says it will announce later in the week its plans for how the search will be conducted.
Relatives of the missing have asked that more agencies join the effort, including the National Forensic Service and the Coast Guard.
Kim Mok-yeon, Arirang news.
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Tragic.

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that's so cool

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How..

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To be honest sewol ferry is more tradic then titanic

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It is but like aren’t they the same people loses their loved ones

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What was the point of doing this?

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Search the remaining missing person, doing some investegation why the ship sink, and if the ship sink cause of human error, the crew might be face more charge

[@MeaHeaR]

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