SEOUL, Mac 9 (NNN-YONHAP) – Six sailors went missing, as their fishing boat capsized, off South Korea’s southern coast today.
The 29-tonne vessel with nine crew members, including two South Koreans and seven Indonesians aboard, overturned in waters about 68 km south of an island in Tongyeong, South Gyeongsang province, at around 6:29 a.m. local time today (2129 GMT Friday).
Three crew members were sent to a hospital after having been found unconscious inside the vessel, but six others remained unaccounted for.
Search operations had been underway, mobilising 12 patrol boats, four navy vessels and six aircraft.– NNN-YONHAP
