Jeju: Body of Chief Engineer of 32-Person Minho Ship Found After Sinking

Jeju Coast Guard vessels are searching for the missing crew of the 32m Minho, which capsized and sank in the waters off Jeju Port on the 29th of last month. Photo by Hwang Jeongpil

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters (Jeju) Reporter Hwang Jeong-pil] The body of Captain A of the 32m Minho, who capsized and sank off the coast of Jeju at the end of last year, was found 12 days after going missing.

On the 11th, the Jeju Coast Guard announced that the identity of the corpse found 50 meters north of the east breakwater of Jeju Port the previous afternoon was confirmed to be Captain A of the 32m Minho, who had been missing.

According to the Jeju Coast Guard, at around 4:15 p.m. on the 10th, the captain of a 500-ton patrol vessel belonging to the Jeju Coast Guard discovered a drifting corpse 50 meters north of the white lighthouse on the east breakwater of Jeju Port.

Subsequently, the rescue team recovered the corpse, placed it in a large hospital in the city, and began identification. Around 6:25 p.m. on the same day, it was confirmed to be Captain A of the 32m Minho, who had capsized and gone missing off Jeju last month, and the family was notified.

Earlier, at around 7:44 a.m., the Jeju Coast Guard found the body of Indonesian crew member B at Beollang Port in Samyang-dong, Jeju City.

So far, among the seven missing crew members of the capsized 32m Minho, the bodies of four Koreans and one Indonesian crew member have been found, totaling five bodies. The remaining two Indonesian crew members' bodies are still being searched for by the rescue team and patrol vessels, which will continue their joint security operations.

The 32m Minho (32-ton class), registered in Hallim, Jeju, capsized at around 7:44 p.m. on the 29th of last month, 2.6 km northwest of Jeju Port, and sank the next day, the 30th, after colliding with the west breakwater of Jeju Port.

Meanwhile, on the 7th, the 10th day after the accident, the Jeju Coast Guard stopped intensive search operations for the missing and switched to search operations combined with security duties.

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