Changwon: 60s Captain Missing Near Local Sea... Changwon Coast Guard Conducts Search In and Out of Water

The Changwon Coast Guard rescue team entered the sea to conduct an underwater search for the missing person.
[Photo by Changwon Coast Guard Station]

On the afternoon of the 15th, the Changwon Coast Guard in Gyeongnam is conducting a search for a missing crew member in his 60s near Jeodo, Gusan-myeon, Masanhappo-gu, Changwon City.

According to the Changwon Coast Guard, at around 1:12 PM that day, a report was received that a 1-ton coastal gillnet fishing vessel was drifting alone without any crew about 200 meters east of Jeodo.

After receiving the report from another fishing vessel captain, the Changwon Coast Guard began a search, believing that the captain in his 60s who had been on the drifting vessel was missing.

At the scene, four patrol vessels, one related ship, eight private marine rescue boats, and the Changwon Coast Guard rescue team have been deployed to conduct search operations in the surrounding waters and underwater.