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 phone and allowed autopilot to take control in an area where the ship should have been manually operated', a Korea Coast Guard official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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