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The Coast Guard helicopter that crashed while searching for a ship was found today (9th).

It sank to a depth of 58m, and the missing mechanic was also buried there.

In the end, 3 out of 4 passengers died and 1 was injured.



First of all, this is JIBS reporter Kim Yeon-sun.



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A flare bursts through the darkness into the sky.



The search for missing persons continued all night centered on the area where the helicopter S-92 belonging to the Namhae Regional Maritime Police Agency crashed.



The search for the missing person accelerated when the underwater search equipment of the Navy's 'Gwangyang' was put into the field.



At around 11:20 am today, 10 minutes after the crash helicopter that sank 58m below the water level, the missing mechanic, 42-year-old Inspector Mo, was found inside the crash helicopter.



The body of Police Officer Cha Mo was handed over to the Coast Guard, and he was transferred to a funeral home in Busan by his helicopter to be enshrined.



The rescue operation of the accident helicopter has also begun in earnest.



The helicopter is said to have been turned upside down.



The sea level of the accident is about 1m, and the weather conditions are not bad, so it is expected that the salvage work will be done quickly.



The Coast Guard said it was an unfortunate accident in which a colleague died, and that as soon as the helicopter is salvaged, it will secure the helicopter's black box video and find out the cause of the accident as soon as possible.



[Kim Byung-cheol / Head of Air Accident Investigation Team, Maritime Police Agency: As soon as the helicopter is salvaged, we plan to secure a black box and analyze it with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as well as the United States and the United Kingdom.

As soon as the ship dispatched to Taiwan returns (I'm going to listen to eyewitness accounts)]



The helicopter that had this accident was repaired early last month due to a defect in parts, and it is understood that there have been 28 defects in the past three years, but it was introduced in 2014 It is known that this is the first accident since the accident.



(Video coverage: Kang Myeong-cheol JIBS, Jeong Seong-wook KNN, video editing: Choi Hye-young, screen provided: Jeju Regional Maritime Police Agency)