High winds caused by stormy weather delay search for missing South Korean sailors . Yonhap reported that divers have injected `` air through a crack in the stem of the 88-meter-long corvette , hopeful that the latter section of the ship , about 45 meters underwater , is holding crew members alive . '' The ship was carrying a crew of 46 and had been sailing from the port city of Busan to Yeosu in North Korea when it ran into bad weather. 58 seamen were rescued soon after blast ; no bodies or survivors found since then . Military officials say an explosion tore a hole in the rear of the ship ; cause of the blast not known .
High winds caused by stormy weather delay search for missing South Korean sailors . The ship was carrying a crew of 46 and had been sailing from the port city of Busan to Yeosu in North Korea when it ran into bad weather. 58 seamen were rescued soon after blast ; no bodies or survivors found since then . Military officials say an explosion tore a hole in the rear of the ship ; cause of the blast not known .