Fishing Boat Found Adrift Without Crew off Geoje's Jisimdo... Changwon Coast Guard Searches for Captain in His 60s

Changwon Coast Guard is searching for a missing person presumed to have crashed into the sea near Jisimdo Island, Geoje City.
Photo by Changwon Coast Guard

A fishing boat was found drifting alone without any crew members off the coast of Geoje, South Gyeongsang Province, prompting the coast guard to launch a search for the missing person.

The Changwon Coast Guard Headquarters stated that at around 10:00 p.m. on September 28, a report was received that a 5-ton coastal trap fishing boat was circling continuously for hours about 1 nautical mile southwest of Jisimdo, Geoje City.

The dispatched coast guard inspected the boat and found that no one was on board.

Based on entry and departure records showing that the boat had left Jangseungpo Port at 12:55 p.m. that day, the coast guard presumed the boat began circling the accident area at around 2:50 p.m.

Additionally, from 2:51 p.m.—the earliest time the vessel was recorded on maritime monitoring CCTV—no crew member was visible on board.

The coast guard believes that the captain, a man in his 60s identified as Mr. A, who was alone on the vessel, fell into the sea. The coast guard is currently searching for the missing person using a total of 10 vessels, including coast guard and navy ships, relevant agency vessels, and civilian boats.

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