Mokpo Coast Guard Rescues Two Divers at Jindo Sea

Missing person found during sea search... No abnormal health condition detected

Two divers who went missing during underwater work at sea were safely rescued after the Coast Guard swiftly conducted a search operation.

The Mokpo Coast Guard Station (Chief Kim Hae-cheol) received a report at 6:02 p.m. on the 23rd that two divers conducting underwater filming off Boksacho, Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, had gone missing.

Mokpo Coast Guard is rescuing a missing diver and urgently transporting him.
[Photo by Mokpo Coast Guard Station]

The Coast Guard immediately dispatched patrol vessels, coastal rescue boats from the local police station, and members of the West Sea Marine Special Rescue Team to the scene, and requested rescue cooperation from private marine rescue ships and nearby fishing vessels.

Additionally, using the seawater flow system to predict the drift point of the missing persons, the patrol vessel (310B) moved at full speed and conducted a focused search. As a result, 23 minutes after receiving the report, at around 6:25 p.m., the two missing divers were found approximately 2.4 km northwest of Boksacho.

The Coast Guard discovered the divers waiting to be rescued while drifting and rescued them using the boat that had been used to transport the divers during the search operation. Their health condition was confirmed to be normal.

A Coast Guard official stated, “Initially, six people entered the water together and after completing their work, four surfaced first. The two who surfaced later were swept away by the swell and went missing, but thanks to the Coast Guard’s prompt search operation, they were safely found and rescued.”

Meanwhile, at around 8:09 p.m. that day, the boat carrying the six divers, including those rescued, safely docked at Supum Port in Jindo.

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