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Scores of divers ready to go beneath that sea, as well. today some dramatic new developments as the captain, 69-year-old man, was let out in handcuffs, taken by the authorities and questioned in handcuffs. pauline chiou and kyunh lah are there. it was interesting to see him answer the accusations while in custody, kyung? the families are angry about what they find out what happened in the steering room. the captain does face five criminal counts which could, if convicted give him five years to life in prison. they include negligence that led to the sinking of the ship. abandoning the ship because as we saw he was able to get in the rescue boats and left many passengers on the ship. ....
Families of the missing water, however, are not willing to give up hope. rescuers managed to find air pockets. even if that s the case, the maximum survival time at sea in 50-degree temperatures was at around six hours. the ferry capsized more than 72 hours ago. with the effort hindered by choppy and murky water. the captain was not even in the steering room when the ferry sank. that is not surprising given that we know he was on a lifeboat 30 minutes after the accident. many were told to stay where they were. let s go live now to cnn s kyung lah in jindo, south korea. kyung, what charges does the captain face? reporter: he s facing a total of five criminal charges. they vary from negligence leading to death as far as abandoning the ship. ....
Coast guard there, so sounds like there was a lot of confusion but, again, we do see the coast guard tells them to get ready to evacuate those passengers, get the life jackets on and prepare to get them off that ship. we learned today that the captain was not in the steering room when the ship started to sink, the third officer was actually there. how common is it for the captain to leave the helm? and what should have been in his course of action when the ship was in trouble, captain? well, generally the captain isn t at the helm all the time. the captain s generally not at the helm. you have a helmsman who is physically steering. then what we have is a watch officer. at this time, it seemed to be the third mate who was on, typically the guy involved with the safety operations of the vessel. a second mate also does mostly the navigation. then you have the chief mate officer. they cover the span of the 24 hours, standing a bridge watch with the watch team. being that the helmman, t ....
and the ferry, currently it s impossible to confirm. it is impossible to move as the body of the ship is tilted. then the traffic center replies, yes, okay, please put on the life vests and get ready as people may have to abandon ship. then, another five minutes later, the dispatcher reports, yes, we just notified the coast guard. so that is a full ten minutes before the traffic center confirms it notified the coast guard. that seems like an awfully long time. we ll talk about that coming up. in the meantime, arrest warrants have been issued for the ferry s captain and two other crew members after a prosecutor reveals it was a third mate at the helm when the ship started to sink. the captain was not in the steering room. as grief and anger deepen for passenger families, a fresh tragedy. the vice principal whose 300 students were on board the ferry was found hanging from a tree, just days after he was pulled from the wreckage. our paula hancocks is in jindo, ....
The captain was not in the steering room. that revelation has relatives of the passengers reeling. reporter: if the captain acted properly, many kids could have been alive. it hurts, really hurts. the captain should have left the ferry at the very end but he didn t. i think he forgot in a moment of shock. rationally, it is hard to think the captain would have left the ship so early. i think that a lot of us have had the common assumption that the captain goes down with his ship. in many places, the law requires had him to stay on until all of the passengers are safe. but what about the captain of the sunken south korean ferry? he escaped the wreckage, now there s a warrant out for his arrest along with two members of his crew. joining us now is maritime lawyer craig allen. lay this out. the law varies country to country. what exactly is the captain s responsibility? well, we look at the ....