Ferry runs aground while helmsman “distracted by phone”
A ferry transporting 267 passengers and crew ran aground Wednesday en route from Jeju Island to Mokpo in South Korea. All the passengers were rescued and investigators have already found a suspect: the helmsman was on his phone.
A preliminary investigation found that “the officer responsible for steering had been looking at his mobile…
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