
Fishing boat capsize accident off Chagwi Island, Jeju... Coast Guard begins night search
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An accident occurred in the waters off Chagwi Island, Jeju Island, where a 29-ton offshore gillnet fishing boat capsized and some of the crew went missing.
(Jeju = Yonhap News) Reporter Byun Ji-cheol = A croaker fishing boat capsized off Chagwi Island, Jeju Island, and two people, including a Korean captain and an Indonesian crew member, are missing, and the Coast Guard is conducting an overnight search following a weekly search.
According to the Jeju Regional Coast Guard on the 5th, after investigating the situation at the time of the accident among the rescued crew members, it was confirmed that Captain B (58) was in the wheelhouse when A capsized.
It is reported that nine rescued foreign crew members, including eight Indonesians and one Vietnamese, were on board the ship and escaped after it capsized.
The Indonesian sailor who went missing along with Mr. B is a 27-year-old man, and it has not yet been confirmed where he was at the time of the accident.
The Coast Guard explained that it is taking time to understand the circumstances at the time of the accident as they are investigating the nine rescued foreign sailors through an interpreter.
The Coast Guard mobilized 17 ships and 4 aircraft for a weekly search and conducted two underwater searches, but was unable to find the missing people.
Accordingly, the search will continue all night from 6 PM on this day to 6 AM on the 6th.
The night search involves 7 ships and ships, including 6 Coast Guard vessels and 1 related agency vessel, and 2 aircraft, including one Coast Guard and Air Force aircraft.
The aircraft drops 110 flares, and ships intensively search an area of approximately 37km horizontally and vertically centered on the accident sea area.
Earlier, at 3:04 a.m. on this day, the 29-ton offshore gillnet fishing boat A, registered in Sacheon, Gyeongsangnam-do, capsized in the sea about 65 km northwest of Chagwi Island, Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju-si.
A, a croaker fishing boat, departed from Samcheonpo Port in Sacheon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do at around 8:50 a.m. on the 2nd.
Of the 11 crew members on board, 9, including 8 Indonesians and 1 Vietnamese, were rescued by a nearby fishing boat, but Mr. B and one Indonesian sailor went missing.
The Coast Guard is investigating the exact circumstances and cause of the accident based on statements from rescue crew members.
As of 5:48 p.m., the northeast wind was blowing at 12 to 14 meters per second in the area of the accident, and the wave height was 2 to 2.5 meters. Visibility is 5 miles and the weather is cloudy.
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