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Yesterday (29th) evening, a fishing boat, estimated to have 7 people on the northwest coast of Jeju, was overturned, and the coast guard is working on a search.
I haven't found one yet, but the waves are high and the weather is bad, so the rescue work is struggling.
This is reporter Kim Deok-hyun
<Reporter> On a
dark night, a boat turned over among the rough waves appeared.
Strong winds and high waves make it difficult for rescuers to reach.
Yesterday at 7:40 pm, a report was received that a 39-ton trawler was overturned in the sea about 2.6 km northwest of Jeju Port in Jeju Island.
It is known that 7 people, including the captain, were on board at the time of departure as a 32-person Minho, a trawler fishing vessel of Hallym Shipping.
The Jeju Coast Guard used helicopters and security ships to search and found a fishing boat overturned in the waters 1.3km north of Jeju Port at around 9:10 pm.
Afterwards, rescuers aboard the overturned fishing boat knocked on the hull to check if there was anyone, and it was known that there was a reaction inside the hull.
The authorities are trying to search the ship with divers, but it is said that a storm warning was issued all over Jeju, and it is said that the wave rises up to about 3m with a strong wind of 20m per second in the area of the accident, which is having difficulty in rescue work. .
It is known that the Coast Guard is first installing equipment to prevent the sinking of the ship, taking into account the weather conditions.
Minister of Public Administration and Security Jeon Jeon-cheol ordered that all administrative power be mobilized to devote all efforts to the search and rescue of people.