On the morning of April 16, 2014, the South Korean Sewol sank in the sea west of Jindo, Jeollanam-do.
The accident, which killed nearly 300 people, caused strong dissatisfaction among the South Korean people, and was considered one of the worst accidents in South Korean history.
In order to find out the truth about the sinking of the Sewol, South Korea ** decided to salvage the sunken ship. In the process of salvaging the wreck, South Korea encountered many difficulties and obstacles, and had no choice but to find foreign aid.
In the end, the task of salvaging the Sewol fell to the Shanghai Salvage BureauIt took three years for the Shanghai Salvage Bureau to spend 1.6 billion yuan to complete the salvage task of the sunken ship, but South Korea began to play a scoundrel.
On the day of the accident, the Sewol departed from Incheon Port to Jeju IslandAfter about two hours at sea, the Sewol's hull turned out to be badly tilted.
In this critical situation, the captain Lee Jun-hee did not take first aid measures, but left the cockpit directly and handed over the driving task to the female pilot, Park Hanjie.
In this way, Park Hanjie, who lacked driving experience, caused the boat to gradually deviate from the channel due to improper operation, and the hull of the ship also tilted more seriously.
Even so,Skipper Lee Jun-hee did not report the true situation to the passengers, but told the crew to stay where they were and not move, thus missing the best time to escapecaused irreparable tragedy.
Just imagine how helpless and desperate the passengers must have been when they watched the Sewol sink?
At this time, the captain of the ship, Lee Jun-hee, not only did not stay to direct the rescue work, but lied that he was a passenger on the ship, and got into the lifeboat early and left the scene of the disaster.
When the news of the sinking of the Sewol came out, it immediately aroused strong dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction among the South Korean peopleAnd Lee Jun-hee's escape behavior also makes people have to suspect that the sinking of the Sewol was a premeditated trap.
So, how many unknown secrets are hidden in this seemingly accidental shipwreck?
In fact, the Sewol itself is a ship full of problems. When the South Korean Qinghai Company renovated the Sewol, in order to increase the ship's transportation capacity and passenger capacity, the hull was raised regardless of potential safety hazards, which is also one of the reasons for the tilt of the Sewol.
Under the irresponsible operation of the captain Lee Jun-hee, it finally led to the tragedy of the sinking of the Sewol, and hundreds of innocent passengers on board also lost their lives.
The sinking of the Sewol has caused great repercussions in South Korea, and countless South Korean people have taken to the streets, demanding that South Korea give the families of the victims an explanation.
Under the pressure of the people, South Korea** defined the behavior of captain Lee Jun-hee as intentional homicide, and after a court trial, Lee Jun-hee was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In addition to punishing the relevant personnel involved, South Korea** decided to salvage the Sewol shipwreck and give an explanation to the families of the victims.
Given that the Sewol weighed 180,000 tons, the depth of its sunken waters also reached 44 meters, and if you want to salvage the wreck intact, South Korea has no ability to salvage the wreck, so you can only ask the Shanghai salvage team for help.
In April 2015, the Shanghai salvage team undertook the salvage of the Sewol shipwreck and carried out a two-year salvage work.
The salvage team must not only ensure the integrity of the Sewol wreck, but also reduce the pollution of the marine environment, so the sunken ship can only be salvaged by hoisting it as a whole.
To this end, the Shanghai salvage team spent a lot of time and formulated many specific salvage plans, and encountered many problems in the process of implementation.
After two years of hard work, the Shanghai salvage team finally fished out the Sewol in 2017 and sent it to Mokpo Port in April.
In this salvage operation, the Shanghai salvage team was not afraid of difficulties and overcame many hardships, and finally successfully completed the salvage task of the Sewol, which once again won the applause of the world.
However, after the task was completed, South Korea pushed back and tried to "bargain" again on the original **.
As early as South Korea ** and the Shanghai salvage team signed an agreement, promised to be willing to pay at least 500 million salvage costs, in view of the many uncertainties in the salvage work, the Sewol shipwreck is more difficult to salvage, and the Shanghai salvage team spent about 1.6 billion before and after.
It can be seen that in the task of salvaging the Sewol, the Shanghai salvage team almost paid for the salvage of South Korea.
It's a pity that South Korea** not only didn't even say a word of thanks, but was unwilling to pay even the 500 million that was said at the beginning.
When the Sewol was salvaged, South Korea ** demanded to deduct the relevant expenses in the contract on the grounds that the sunken ship had polluted the environment due to oil leakage and the hull had not been salvaged.
In the face of the perfidy of South Korea, even many South Korean people couldn't stand it anymore and began to question the integrity of South Korea.
In the end, under the oppression of **, South Korea could only obediently pay the Shanghai salvage team, but even so, the Shanghai salvage team still lost all its money and lost 1 billion in vain.