A yacht capsized off the northeastern corner and four people fell into the sea. The Australian Coast Patrol rescued three people and one person is still missing.

The Sixth Disaster Relief and Rescue Brigade of the New Taipei City Fire Department dispatched an ambulance to Aodi Fishing Port and was on standby. (Photo by reporter Wu Shengru)

The Taiwanese yacht "Dajie" departed from Longdong Fishing Port at 7:46 a.m. today, but was discovered by a rubber raft captain to have capsized 0.5 nautical miles east of Magang at about 2 p.m. The captain rescued one of them, while the other two were lying on the overturned hull waiting for rescue. The other one was missing. The captain quickly notified the coast patrol personnel to carry out rescue operations. The search and rescue is still ongoing.

After receiving the notification, the Aodi Coast Guard of the Coast Guard immediately dispatched 3,566 boats to the rescue. It also notified the Air Service Corps and the National Search Center to dispatch air reconnaissance aircraft for support. At 2:44 p.m., an air reconnaissance aircraft departed from Songshan Airport to assist in the search and rescue of missing people who fell into the sea.

After receiving the report from the coast patrol, the Sixth Disaster Rescue Brigade of the New Taipei City Fire Department also dispatched the brigade, Jinshan Squadron and Gongliao Squadron (meaning firefighting), a total of 12 people in 4 vehicles, to the scene for support. However, since the incident occurred more than 3 kilometers away from the coast, after the coast patrol personnel rescued the person, they would decide whether to assist in sending the person to the hospital depending on the situation.

The Australian Coast Patrol dispatched a boat to rescue the victim. (Photo by reporter Wu Shengru)