Seoul (dpa) – Forensics experts in South Korea have identified one of nine bodies which have been missing since a ferry accident in 2014.
The body could be identified using dental records as belonging to a 17-year-old female student named Huh Da Yun, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Friday.
Nine people were missing after the ship known as Sewol sank on April 16, 2014, on the way from Incheon to Jeju Island, in South Korea’s worst-ever maritime disaster.
Of the 476 people on board the stricken ferry – mostly teenagers on a school outing – just 172 survived.
In March, specialists pulled the debris of the 146-metre-long boat to the surface.
Last month, a team of experts entered the ship’s interior for the first time in an effort to recover bodies.
Experts also managed to identify a piece of bone belonging to a teacher on Wednesday.
Further remnants, which were found in the ship’s debris, are being analysed.
