The Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla is a special operations force of the Republic of Korea Navy. The WARFLOT is most commonly referred to as the Underwater Demolition Team or UDT, and sometimes as UDT/SEALs, coming from the fact UDTs are the most prominent branch of the flotilla and their close ties with US Navy SEALs respectively.
WARFLOT operators in 2013. The operators consist of the Cheonghae Unit, an anti-piracy and counter-terrorist task force.
Special Warfare Troops operators
Sinking of MV Sewol
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The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea. The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST. Out of 476 passengers and crew, 304 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan City. Of the 172 survivors, more than half were rescued by fishing boats and other commercial vessels that arrived at the scene approximately 40 minutes before the Korea Coast Guard (KCG).
MV Sewol capsized and sinking, as taken by the Korea Coast Guard on April 16, 2014
Sewol at a port in Incheon in March 2014, after modifications had been made
Passengers and crew aboard ship on the morning of 16 April
A U.S. Navy MH-60S Seahawk helicopter conducted search and rescue operations at the request of the South Korean navy near where Sewol sank, on 17 April 2014.