Coast Guard Conducts Overnight Search for 2 Missing Crew After Fishing Boat Capsizes Near Chagwido, Jeju

The Coast Guard conducted an overnight search operation to find the missing South Korean captain and Indonesian crew member of a croaker-fishing boat that capsized off the coast of Chagwido, Jeju, but they have yet to be found.

Following daytime search efforts yesterday (October 5) utilizing 17 vessels and 4 aircraft, the Coast Guard searched the waters around the accident site overnight from 6:00 p.m. yesterday to 6:00 a.m. today.

The 7th Seongjin, a croaker-fishing vessel carrying 11 people, capsized at around 3:04 a.m. yesterday in waters about 65 kilometers northwest of Chagwido, Hangyeong-myeon, Jeju City.
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