The chief engineer and six others related to engines ran away, knowing that two crewmen fell down wounded.

Even after being rescued, they concealed the fact, not asking to rescue their wounded fellows on board.

Two abandoned crewmen are still missing.

The political trend of the puppet ruling forces seeking only their power and luxury and glory, indifferent to the people's life is fostering extreme individualism in south Korean society and such social ills were being brought into bolder relief through the ferry Sewol sinking disaster.