Motorboat with Three Aboard Missing Off Jawoldo, Incheon; Coast Guard Responds with Search Operations

The Coast Guard has launched a search operation after receiving a report that three people who went fishing on a motorboat in the waters off Incheon have lost contact.

According to the Jungbu Regional Coast Guard on Sunday (August 10), a report was filed through 112 at 10:30 p.m. the previous day, stating, "We cannot get in touch with my husband and two acquaintances who went out fishing on a 0.28-ton motorboat."

Authorities learned that the reporter had lost contact with the group after their last phone call at 7:10 p.m. the previous day.

The Coast Guard has deployed rescue teams, patrol vessels, and aircraft to the waters near Jawoldo, Ongjin-gun, where an accident is suspected, and has requested search and rescue cooperation from the Navy and nearby private vessels.

(Photo provided by Jungbu Regional Coast Guard, Yonhap News)
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