At around 3:15 p.m. on the 9th, a Tongyeong Maritime Police patrol vessel discovered a missing person, presumed to be an unconscious foreigner, at sea approximately 7 nautical miles (13 km) from the accident site.
Tongyeong Marine Police have found four of the nine missing people, including one person found in the afternoon. Marine police rescue workers rescued three unconscious sailors while searching for the capsized ship in the morning.
Although he was saved, he was ultimately pronounced dead. The maritime police mobilized rescue workers, patrol vessels, naval vessels, and aircraft to search for the missing people, mainly in the capsized ship and the accident area.
continuing. Prior to this, at around 6:29 a.m. on the same day, a Jeju-registered 20-ton inshore longline fishing boat rolled over 37 nautical miles (approximately 68 km) south of Gwanji Island, Tongyeong City, South Gyeongsang Province.
Overturned. There were nine people on board the fishing boat, including the captain, two Korean sailors, and seven Indonesian sailors. This vessel formed a convoy with one other vessel to fish for tilefish at 1 a.m. on the 7th.
At 0:36 a.m., the ship departed from Hallim Port, Jeju City, Jeju Province, and traveled to the Hoji Sea Area in Tongyeong. The Jeju Fishing Boat Safety and Operation Bureau said one of the boats in the fleet was unable to contact the accident vessel at around 6:29 a.m.
At around 6:43 a.m., it was confirmed that the accident vessel was capsized and still floating.
2024/03/09 18:54 KST
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