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| On the 20th, rescuers from Pohang Maritime Police Station in Gyeongsangbuk-do approached the overturned red crab fishing boat A (9.77 tons, Guryongpo), which was overturned at 43km east of Gimpo, Gyeongju, and searched for the missing crew. There were 6 people on board A, including 2 Koreans including the captain, 3 Vietnamese sailors, and 1 Chinese Korean. A storm warning and a high wave of up to 16m are striking the area of the accident. (Provided by Pohang Maritime Police Station) 20/20/202/News1 © News1 Reporter Changho Choi |
Gyeongbuk Pohang Mayor Lee Gang-deok asked related agencies such as the Coast Guard and Navy to actively cooperate in the search for missing crew members in relation to the sinking of a red crab fishing boat that occurred in the sea in front of Gampo, Gyeongju at 6:49 pm on the 19th.
On the 20th, Mayor Kang-deok Lee visited the accident countermeasure headquarters in Guryongpo Suhyup and said, “Please provide an active cooperation system with related organizations and all available ships to search for missing persons, such as search for missing persons, family support, situation management and administrative support.”
In addition, he ordered “to dispatch search helicopters and ships to the Navy and the Coast Guard, and to the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, and to take all measures to protect and support families of the missing persons.”
Accident The fishing boat left Guryongpo Port at 3:1 am on the 19th and sank in a flooding accident at around 6:49 pm while sailing the 43km sea east of Gimpo, Gyeongju.
The red crab fishing boat A (9.77 tons), shipped from Guryongpo, has two Koreans, including the captain, three Vietnamese sailors, and one Chinese Korean.
In the area of the accident, 26 ships including a 3000 ton class large ship in the Busan Sea, one naval patrol aircraft, 10 helicopters in the sea and air force, the Central Special Rescue Team, Ulsan, Uljin, and East Sea Coast Guard are searching for missing persons.
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| Gyeongbuk Pohang Mayor Lee Kang-deok was at 6:49 p.m. on the 19th at the Guryongpo Suhyup Accident Headquarters in Nam-gu, where a countermeasure headquarters was installed, and the sinking of a red crab fishing boat in the sea in front of Gampo, Gyeongju, to search for a crew member who was missing by related organizations such as the Coast Guard and the Navy. I asked for your active cooperation. (Provided by Pohang City) 2021. |