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The families of a Doosan Enerbility employee missing in the massive floods in Nepal have urged the government and the company to launch faster and more active search operations.
Meeting with reporters today (August 30) at the Bundang Doosan Tower in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, the family members of Kim, one of the missing Doosan Enerbility employees, pleaded, "The golden time has completely passed. Please send out helicopters even just one more time. Allow them to fly as much as possible so that if any are surviving, they can call for rescue."
The families argued that the government and company response teams dispatched to the locality should negotiate with Nepali authorities to lift flight restrictions near the power plant's weir dam and deploy ground search troops.
They also demanded that all flight path data, captured videos, and photographs from the helicopter searches conducted since the 28th be fully disclosed to the families.
The family members pointed out that Kim worked at an office near the weir dam, about 10 kilometers away from the office building and other locations where other missing South Koreans were, and that searches for that specific location have not been properly carried out.
"No search has been conducted at all on the weir dam, and we have received no information for nearly 100 hours," they emphasized. "Since there are our citizens and employees, even if it is just one person, please search thoroughly so no one is left out."
Nine South Korean workers building a hydroelectric power plant locally have lost contact following the massive floods in Nepal that occurred on the 26th.
They consist of six employees from Doosan Enerbility and three from Korea South-East Power.
The government, Doosan Enerbility, and Korea South-East Power on-site response teams are conducting searches at the site using helicopters.
The Nepali military authorities reportedly conducted ground searches recently near the power plant construction site.
No news has been heard so far regarding the South Korean workers who remain out of contact.
(Photo: AP, Yonhap News)
※ Please note: This article was translated by AI and may contain errors.
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