‘Entry failure’ even to confirm the survival reaction on board… All 7 missing

On the evening of yesterday (29th), a fishing boat with seven sailors on board was overturned in the northwest coast of Jeju, and the coast guard is working on rescue all night. We have not found any missing persons yet, but we are having trouble searching due to bad weather.

This is Lee Hyun-jung reporter.

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This morning, a blizzard hits the coast of Jeju, along with high waves.

Yesterday at 7:40 pm, a report was reported that a 39-ton trawler was overturned at about 2.6 km northwest of Jeju Port in Jeju Island.

After the search, the sea police found the overturned ship at around 9:10 last night.

I checked that there was a survival response on board and tried to enter, but it failed once.

The ship was adrift in strong winds and high waves as a result of being overwhelmed. At this dawn, it was stranded on the western breakwater of Jeju Port and was damaged.

At the time of departure, it was known that four Korean sailors and three Indonesian sailors were on board, including the captain.

At the time of the accident, it was confirmed that 5 sailors were in the lower cabin on the stern side of the ship and the other 2 were in the wheelhouse.

The Jeju Provincial Coast Guard continues to search for 9 ships and 1 helicopter in case the crew is adrift, but there is no news that it has found the missing person yet.

High waves and strong blizzards are struggling to search, including two rescuers injured and two high-speed boats flooded.

[해경 관계자 : 함정 같은 것 타면 선수가 잠겼다 뜨면 파도가 꼭대기까지 올라오거든요.]

The water temperature in the accident area is about 18 to 19 degrees Celsius, but according to the international manual, it can survive for up to 33 hours.

The Coast Guard is planning to investigate the exact cause of the accident after completing the search and rescue, considering that the fishing boat will overturn due to bad weather.

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