FILE PHOTO: This file handout photo taken on Jan 25, 2023 and provided by the Korea Coast Guard shows coast guard members searching for missing people after a cargo ship sank off South Korea's southern island of Jeju. - KOREA COAST GUARD via AFP
SEOUL: Two people were killed and three others went missing on Sunday (Nov 9) after a Chinese fishing boat capsized in waters off Gageo Island, about 420 km south-west of South Korea's capital Seoul.
It was reported around 6:50 a.m. local time (2150 GMT Saturday) that the 98-ton ship was overturned in international waters, some 81 km away from the island, according to the South Korean coast guard.
The Chinese consulate general in Gwangju confirmed the report to Xinhua.
Among the 11 crew members aboard the ill-fated vessel, six were rescued by another Chinese fishing boat sailing in nearby waters. The rescued had no major health problems.
The coast guard, which arrived at the scene, rescued two more sailors in cardiac arrest, but they died. The remaining three were still unaccounted for.
The South Korean coast guard was conducting search operations with a Chinese coast guard vessel to find the missing people around the waters of the accident. - Xinhua
