A 35-ton fishing vessel capsizes in waters close to Gunsan, a southwestern port metropolis in North Jeolla Province, on this picture offered by the Korea Coast Guard on Monday. (Yonhap)
A 35-ton fishing vessel capsized off the coast close to Gunsan, a southwestern port metropolis in North Jeolla Province, ensuing within the deaths of three folks onboard, the Korea Coast Guard stated Monday.
The Coast Guard efficiently rescued all eight folks from the capsized vessel. Nonetheless, three of them — the Korean captain, the Korean chief engineer and an Indonesian sailor — had been transferred to hospitals however later pronounced useless.
The remaining 5 survivors, which embody three Vietnamese and two Indonesian crew members, are reported to be secure.
The Coast Guard obtained the report of the accident at 7:36 a.m. and rapidly launched a rescue operation. Authorities are investigating the potential of a collision, as witnesses reported {that a} 1,618-ton petroleum product service had handed by the vessel.
“We’ve got not but been in a position to determine the deceased overseas sailor,” a Coast Guard official stated, including they plan to analyze the precise circumstances of the accident as soon as the injured have recovered. (Yonhap)
