At Least 10 Dead After South Korean Fishing Boat Capsizes

By Hooyeon Kim

SEOUL, Sept 6 (Reuters) – At least 10 individuals died and about eight had been lacking after a South Korean fishing boat capsized, a coast guard official and media studies stated on Sunday.

The boat was discovered capsized earlier this morning, after it misplaced radio contact late on Saturday, a coast guard official within the southern island of Jeju stated by phone.

The our bodies of 10 individuals had been recovered within the waters close to the island of Chuja, which lies between the mainland south coast and Jeju, the official stated.

Three individuals had been pulled from the water and airlifted to hospitals, the coast guard official stated, including they had been anticipated to outlive.

“There were six people without life jackets including the captain hanging onto the capsized boat,” one of many survivors stated in an interview with Yonhap. “One by one, those who lost strength slipped away.”

Another survivor was quoted as saying that round 5 others failed to flee the boat when it turned over. However, the coast guard official stated nobody was discovered trapped within the boat throughout their seek for extra survivors.

Around 21 individuals are anticipated to have been on the boat, a spokesman from the Korea Coast Guard stated throughout a briefing.

Most of these on board had been on a fishing expedition to Chuja, a well-liked fishing space, a second coast guard official stated. Some of them had been from a web-based fishing membership based mostly in Busan.

President Park Geun-hye has known as on the rescue and restoration providers to do their utmost within the seek for the lacking, her workplace stated in an announcement.

In April 2014, a passenger ferry, Sewol, sank off the southwest coast killing about 300 individuals, most of them youngsters on a faculty outing, triggering a nationwide outrage over what was seen as an ineffective rescue operation. (Editing by Himani Sarkar)