The Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency said at a press conference on the 10th, three days after the sinking on the 8th of this month, that there were no missing people near the sunken fishing boat.
The maritime police said they plan to continue the search with the possibility that the body may be in danger. The maritime police said that the body was discovered during a search using the navy's Gwangyang remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) at around 9 p.m. on the previous day (9th).
The body of one missing person was found near the hull. This was the first missing person to be found since the sinking report was received at 4:31 a.m. on the 8th. The Maritime Police salvaged the body that same night and displaced the person.
After checking, it was confirmed that the man was a Korean crew member, Mr. A (64 years old). This brings the death toll from the accident to three, and the number of missing to eleven (nine Koreans and two Indonesians).
The 129-ton fishing boat, registered in Busan, sank 22km northwest of Jeju Island after a report that the boat was listing. Immediately after the sinking, 27 crew members (16 from South Korea and 1 from Indonesia) were killed.
Of the 11 people who were missing, 15 were rescued, and two of the rescuers, both Koreans, died. The Maritime Police believe that the remaining missing are likely to be around the hull and will be conducting an intensive search.
It is possible that not only the crew members inside the vessel, but also many of the crew members on deck were caught in the net. The fishing boat was a large purse seine fishing boat, and it was unable to withstand the weight of the nets that had been bundled up on the starboard side, and slid over to the right.
The net of a large purse seine fishing boat is usually 1.2 to 1.4 km long and 200 to 250 m deep. In fact, the Maritime Police, based on the statement of the rescued crew, said that there were
The kitchen and fishing area appeared to be located around the hull, but Mr. A, who was found around the hull, was understood to have been working on deck, not inside the ship.
The Maritime Police are continuing their search, not ruling out the possibility that the missing person may have been swept away by the waves.
Reflecting the ocean current prediction system, the search area has been expanded to 51 kilometers horizontally and 19 kilometers vertically, and 50 ships and 9 aircraft have been deployed to conduct daytime searches.
The weather is getting worse and the situation is getting tough. Currently, it is said that rain is falling intermittently at the scene, the wind is blowing from the east at 9 to 16 meters per second, and the waves are reaching 1.5 to 4 meters high. In addition, at the time of the accident, many of the crew members were wearing waterproof clothing.
The search is also proving difficult because the missing people are wearing work clothes, which can get wet and make it difficult for them to surface.
2024/11/10 21:29 KST
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