Missing Persons from Tongyeong Yokjido Sunken Fishing Boat Found Inside the Vessel After Five Days

Coast Guard officers are searching for the missing person on the ship.
[Photo by Tongyeong Coast Guard]

In the early morning of the 14th, one person who went missing after a fishing boat sank near Yokjido, Tongyeong-si, Gyeongnam, was found five days after the accident.

The Tongyeong Coast Guard announced that at around 5:34 a.m. on the 19th, during an underwater search, they discovered the body of Mr. A, a man in his 60s and the chief engineer of the vessel, in the engine room of the sunken ship.

According to the Tongyeong Coast Guard, Mr. A was found by a private diver hired by the shipowner to search for the missing person.

The 139-ton twin trawl purse seine fishing vessel, Je102 Haejinho, was scheduled to return after completing fishing operations that began the previous day, but it sank at around 4:15 a.m. on the day of the accident, 4.6 nautical miles south of Yokjido, and settled on the seabed at a depth of 60 meters.

Among the 11 crew members on board at the time of the accident, 3 Koreans, 6 Indonesians, and 1 Vietnamese were rescued, but 3 Koreans died during treatment, and Mr. A went missing.

With the discovery of Mr. A's body, the death toll has risen to four.

After completing the search for the missing person, the Coast Guard plans to focus on determining the exact cause of the accident.

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