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Emergency services are continuing to search for nearly 300 people missing after a ferry carrying more than 470 sank off South Korea. Officials say 179 people have been rescued. Most of the passengers on board were students and teachers from the same high school on a field trip.Meet New Friends

Emergency teams used floodlights to search for survivors overnight but divers were unable to enter the ship. At least nine people are confirmed to have died, with dozens more injured.Speed Dating

The vessel was travelling from Incheon Port, in the north-west, to the southern resort island of Jeju. What makes this accident even more distressing is the fact that among those on board were high school students on a trip to a holiday island.

Relatives and friends of those on board are posting on social media sites asking for any news or information about loved ones. Dramatic rescue South Korea's Yonhap news agency said the nine dead include four 17-year-old students and a 25-year-old teacher as well as a 22-year-old female crew member. Identities of the other three were not immediately known.

The latest figures say 475 people were on board with 287 still unaccounted for. It is not yet clear what caused the ship to list at a severe angle and flip over, leaving only a small part of its hull visible dermes above water. Rescue efforts are concentrated on the ship's wreckage, which sank in about 30m (98ft) of water. Many passengers are thought to be