Jeon Hae-cheol: "Full Effort in Rescue Operations for Jeju Maritime Police Helicopter Crash"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Jeon Hae-cheol, Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety, issued an emergency order to fully commit to life rescue efforts regarding the helicopter crash accident of the Jeju Coast Guard that occurred at around 1:32 a.m. on the 8th.

Minister Jeon instructed, "The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Ministry of National Defense, Coast Guard, and other related agencies should mobilize all available resources to fully focus on life rescue and pay special attention to the safety of rescue personnel." As of 3 a.m. that day, 3 out of 4 helicopter passengers were rescued, and 1 person was missing. Among the 3 rescued, 2 have died.

This accident occurred during the return process after transporting personnel and equipment of the Central Special Rescue Team to a Coast Guard vessel urgently dispatched to search and rescue a tugboat that had an accident at sea 18 nautical miles west of Taiwan at 10 a.m. the previous day.

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