침몰 3년만에 항구로 가는 세월호…오후 목포신항 도착
The Sewol-ho ferry has arrived at its final destination of Mokpo -- almost three years after it sank in waters off Korea's southwestern coast,... leaving 304 people dead.
The vessel will soon undergo an investigation to find the exact cause of the disaster,... and hopefully recover the remains of the nine bodies that are still unaccounted for.
For the latest,... let's go live to our Kim Min-ji, who is at Mokpo New Port, where the vessel has just docked.
Min-ji, the semi-submersible transporting the ferry arrived sooner than expected?

That's right, Daeun
The semi-submersible -- with the Sewol-ho on board -- arrived here at Mokpo New Port just about an hour ago.
The vessel's last voyage comes one-thousand-80 days after it capsized off Korea's southwestern coast.... and six days after it was salvaged from the sea.
The semi-submersible covered a distance of about 105 kilometers today.
The journey was initially expected to take about eight hours,... but took about two hours less than that.
The ferry was escorted by five maritime police patrol ships,... and some of the relatives of the nine missing passengers still unaccounted for followed behind on a barge.

Well it's good that there were no delays. Could you give us a rundown of what happens next?

Sure.
Over the course of about three days,... seawater and oil will be drained from the vessel and the ferry will be detached from the semi-submersible.
That's expected to take some time because there are 50 attachment sites securing the ferry to the semi-submersible.
Then a module transporter will be used to get the vessel onto land -- which will take about a day.
So all in all, officials expect the transfer to take about four days in all,... provided the weather remains favorable and there are no problems with the equipment.
After that, the vessel will be disinfected and fumigated, which is expected to take about a week.
After that's complete, they will begin the search for the nine missing bodies... and an investigation into the exact cause of the sinking.
The disaster left 304 people dead, most of them high school students, in April 2014.
A special committee tasked with the investigation will work with the families of the missing to map out a search plan by early April.
Da-eun?

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