N. Korea: Staggering last dialogues at the time of the wreck

The crew members of the ship of South Korea, which sank carrying hundreds of passengers, repeatedly asked the officers of the bridge to answer about whether they should order to abandon ship, but did not get any response, transmits Reuters, citing statements .

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The ship "Sewol" sank last Wednesday during the route from the port of Incheon to the tropical island Tzezou, which is a vacation destination.

According to media reports, the death toll has now reached 104.

Of the 476 passengers and crew, the 339 were teenagers and teachers who went for school trip. So far 174 people have been rescued, while the others are presumed dead.

The ship's captain, Lee Joon-Seok, 69 years old and other crew members have been arrested facing charges of negligence.

Several members of the crew, including the captain, left the ship as it was sinking and had commanded the passengers to remain in their cabins, witnesses said. The President Park Gkeoun-Hye said Monday that this command is equivalent to "act of murder".

The public broadcaster KBS, citing the minutes of the conversation between the crew and the control of maritime traffic, said that had repeatedly given to passengers instructions to remain in their positions.

"Stay where you are. Do not move. It will be more dangerous if you move", was the directive that was given to passengers.

For half an hour the crew of the third deck was asking the bridge via wireless devices if they should give the command to abandon ship, reported the KBS. No response was given.

"At this stage we could not know what was the situation on the bridge", reported KBS, citing statements of the crew.

"We continued our efforts, but ... since the bridge did not give any commands the crew of the third floor followed the instructions of the statute and did announcements for passengers to remain in their positions. We did it at least 3 times".

It was one of the children that warned about the risk, told Reuters an officer of the fire station.

According to reports, Lee was not on the bridge when the ship began to tilt. At that moment, was in control of the ship a 26 year old officer, who did not have the relevant experience for this part of the route, said the crew members. Lee told reporters he feared that passengers might be drifted by rushing streams if they would had abandoned ship. He has yet to explain why he had left his post.