Vehicle That Fell into the Sea at Jeju Aewol Port 'Salvaged'

On the morning of the 13th, the Jeju Coast Guard is salvaging a Santa Fe vehicle that fell into the sea. Photo by Jeju Coast Guard

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Hwang Jeongpil] Jeju Coast Guard Station (Chief Go Min-gwan) announced that at around 6 a.m. on the 13th, they discovered and salvaged a Santa Fe vehicle that had fallen into the sea in front of the Aewol Port fish market in Jeju City.

According to the Jeju Coast Guard Station, at around 6 a.m. that day, they received a report from the vehicle owner that a Santa Fe vehicle was sinking into the sea at the fishing boat mooring area in front of the Aewol Tourist Fish Market in Aewol-eup, Jeju City. They arrived at the scene at 6:16 a.m., confirmed that there was no one inside the vehicle, and at 7:30 a.m., used a crane to salvage the vehicle onto land.

Meanwhile, it was revealed that the vehicle that fell into the sea had been driven by the vehicle owner and his wife, who arrived at Aewol Port for fishing operations. While moving to the fishing boat, the vehicle's side brake was not engaged, causing it to fall into the sea.

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