A missing crew member believed to be the captain of a fishing boat that capsized off Jeju was found inside the vessel on the 6th, the second day of the accident.
The Jeju Regional Coast Guard said two rescue divers found the missing person, presumed to be Korean, at the entrance to the cabin at about 9:06 a.m. while conducting an underwater search of the capsized 29-ton offshore gill-net boat A, registered in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province. The person had no breathing or pulse when found.
The Coast Guard presumes the person is the 58-year-old captain, identified only as B. Authorities planned to lift the body onto a patrol vessel and then transport it by helicopter to a medical facility on Jeju Special Self-Governing Province.
The boat capsized at about 3:04 a.m. the previous day in waters roughly 65 kilometers northwest of Chagwido Island in Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju City. Nine of the 11 people on board — eight Indonesians and one Vietnamese — were rescued by nearby fishing boats, while the Korean captain and a 27-year-old Indonesian crew member, identified only as C, went missing.
The Coast Guard has deployed eight vessels and two aircraft to continue searching for C, who has yet to be found. The vessels include six Coast Guard ships, one navy ship and one fisheries guidance boat, while the Coast Guard and the Air Force each contributed one aircraft.
