About 300 people were reported missing Wednesday after a ferry sank in waters off South Korea 's coast guard said , in what could be the worst disaster in peacetime country in nearly 20 years .The ferry was carrying 459 people , of which 164 were rescued , members of the Coast Guard said. Authorities confirmed the deaths of two people after the shuttle will tip heavily and sank in apparently calm conditions off the southwest coast of South Korea.The Ministry of Public Safety and Administration had previously reported the rescue of 368 people and said around 100 were still missing .However, later described these figures as wrong , turning what initially seemed like a successful rescue operation in a potentially disastrous incident.The causes of the accident were not immediately clear , but some survivors said the boat appeared to have suffered some kind of impact." Everything was fine , and then the boat made boom and there was a load noise down," said Cha Eun -ok , who said he was on the deck of the ferry taking pictures when the disaster began ."People her to stay still ... He asked people who remained are trapped ," he said in Jindo , the closest city to the crash site .
Many of the passengers were children and teachers from a school in Seoul education ranging from tour to Jeju Island , about 100 km south of the Korean peninsula .In addition to passengers , 150 vehicles were on board the ferry Sewol , authorities said . Witnesses said many people were probably still inside the boat.
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