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Ferry accident in south korea. search crews battled strong currents and low visibility. the confirmed death toll stands at 18. with 278 people still missing, that number is expected to grow. today a crew member said the captain did not issue an evacuation order until 30 minutes after the ship started listing. 475 people, mostly high school students, were onboard when the ferry sank off south korean's southern coast. (laughs) it's more than just a meal, it's meow mix mealtime. with wholesome ingredients and irresistible taste, no wonder it's the only one cats ask for by name. but with so much h...

Inside the sinking ship wearing their life jackets. why? because of the ship wide announcement from the crew. >> translator: we were told to stay where you are, says this young passenger so, we stayed. but the water kept coming up. south korea is a culture that prizes obeying your superiors. students told reporters that their classmates who listened to the stay put order obediently remained in their rooms and likely never made it out. more than 300 of the 475 passengers were high school students on a four-day field trip, the first of the students' bodies are returning to their hometown. frustr...

Korea, cnbc senior correspondent eunice yun. >> reporter: it is a heart breaking tragedy. fast currents and poor visibility have delayed attempts by the divers to reach the innermost part of the ship where they have hoped to find some of the mississippiing still alive. out of the 475 people on board, 179 have been rescued. 287 are missing. and nine are confirmed dead though many here expect that number to rise dramatically. more than 34 hours since the ferry sank. families of the passengers on board mostly students on a field trip are gathering at a gym in jindo on the coast close to where the...

287 knots or we are going.84% of the speed of sound. this is the ground speed. in other words, how fast we are going, presumably over the ground which is 475 knots or close to 500 miles an hour according to the new data. this is a typical cruise speed. to slow us down slightly and yet extend and reduce the range of the search, we need to know so much more. the altitude and how long they now at the altitude and the head winds, so much more than the speed of the plane and which speed is it? the speed over the ground or in the air. richard, please. >> we don't know. all we know is from the ansa t...

That was the speed. now they say -- >> the speed they believed the aircraft was going at. >> potentially. now we have 400 knots. a route for 400 knots, we have a route for 469. and we have a route for 475 knots. in other words, they're giving us the data, aren't they, about what speed they believe -- >> and is that based on a tail wind? a head wind? that would be interesting to know. >> but what does that tell you as a captain about how high the plane would be flying if they're talking about a speed of -- >> and those speeds are only possible at the higher altitudes, right. so they're not coun...