[천지일보=김빛이나 기자] On the 20th, a ship carrying nine crew members capsized off the coast of 168 km northeast of Dokdo, and the maritime police are searching for and rescue.
The 11-day Jinho (72 ton class), a fishing boat that was shipped from Hupo Port in Uljin, Gyeongbuk, with 9 people on board, was found capsized around 11 am on the same day, but the crews have not been rescued yet.
According to the Donghae Regional Maritime Police Agency, the area of the accident is an intermediate water area between Korea and Japan, and it is a point south of the Donghae Daehwadui (Japanese name Yamatotai) fishing ground. A lifebuoy was floating next to the wrecked ship, but it was determined that the crew was not on board.
A total of 9 people were on board the ship, including 6 foreigners, including 4 Chinese and 2 Indonesians, and 3 Koreans, including captain Mo Park (62, Pohang City), sailors Mo Kim (54, Mungyeong City), and Ahn Mo (65, Uljin County). .
It is known that the vessel departed for red snow crab fishing with 9 crew members from Hupo Port, the shipping location, at around 3:11 am on the 16th, and is scheduled to enter Hupo Port on the 23rd.
It is reported that the Hyundai Privilege, which was sailing 91 nautical miles northeast of Dokdo at 11:18 am on the 20th, discovered the overturned ILJIN 11 and reported it to the Maizuru RCC in the 8th district of Japan.
Immediately after the accident, the Coast Guard put large ships and aircraft into the accident area and conducted a search and rescue overnight. One Japanese Coast Guard ship, which first conducted a search operation in the accident area, is supporting the search by the Coast Guard.
The Coast Guard plans to continue the search using ships and aircraft by dropping flares even at night.
However, a storm warning has been issued all over the East Sea, making the search difficult due to bad weather, with waves rising at a height of 3 to 4 meters and strong winds blowing at a speed of 14 to 16 meters per second.
The Coast Guard is planning to conduct an intensive search jointly with ships, aircraft and divers in District 8 of the Japan Coast Guard as soon as the sun rises tomorrow.
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