Two Missing Crew Members Rescued After Three Days in Gyeongju Offshore... One Survived on Vessel (Comprehensive)

One Person Found Wearing Life Jacket in Apnea State

On the 20th, the Coast Guard in Gampo, Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, attempted to strike the hull of an overturned fishing vessel to check for survivors inside under difficult conditions such as high waves.
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Park Dong-wook] In the waters off Gyeongju, Gyeongbuk, a snow crab fishing vessel capsized, and the Coast Guard has been conducting search operations for missing crew members for three days. On the morning of the 21st, two people were found consecutively.

One was found underwater without breathing, and the other was dramatically rescued inside the sunken vessel.

According to the Pohang Coast Guard on the 21st, at around 9:20 a.m., one missing crew member of the snow crab fishing vessel Georyongho (9.77 tons, registered in Guryongpo) was found about 14 km from the accident site. The crew member was wearing a life jacket but was not breathing.

Then, at 10:50 a.m., one hour and 30 minutes later, a crew member remaining on the overturned vessel was found alive. This survivor, presumed to be a Korean engineer, was breathing but unable to communicate effectively.

The Coast Guard urgently airlifted the two individuals by helicopter to a nearby hospital.

Meanwhile, the 9.77-ton snow crab fishing vessel Georyongho, which departed from Guryongpo Port, Pohang, at around 3 a.m. on the 19th, sank 43 km east of Gampo. There were six people on board the vessel: two Koreans including the captain, three Vietnamese crew members, and one Chinese-Korean.

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