Chinese fishing boat capsizes near Korea, with 9 missing

South Korean rescue workers were searching Monday for 9 missing unit members aft a Chinese sportfishing vessel capsized and sank disconnected the country’s southwestern coast

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korean rescue workers were searching Monday for 9 missing unit members aft a Chinese sportfishing vessel capsized and sank disconnected the country’s southwestern coast.

South Korea’s Coast Guard said 2 unit members were rescued by a adjacent commercialized vas aft their vessel capsized astir 150 kilometers (93 miles) southwest of the larboard metropolis of Gunsan.

It said 4 patrol vessels, 2 helicopters and a level were deployed to the country to assistance with the search. So far, rescue crews person spotted a furniture of substance believed to person leaked from the boat, but person recovered nary different debris oregon objects connected to it.

Kim Yeong-cheol, an authoritative from the Coast Guard bureau successful Gunsan, said the vessel whitethorn person been sportfishing for croaker and hairtail.

The Chinese consulate wide successful the southwestern metropolis of Gwangju, adjacent Gunsan, confirmed determination were 11 radical connected the vessel and that 2 person been rescued, according to authorities broadcaster CCTV.

The mishap came a time aft South Korean officials responded to the capsizing of different Chinese sportfishing vessel successful planetary waters astir 80 kilometers (50 miles) from South Korea’s southwestern Gageo island, sidesplitting astatine slightest 2 crewmembers. South Korean officials rescued six others from that vessel and connected Monday were searching for 3 missing crewmembers for the 2nd consecutive day.

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