SEOUL (Bernama-Yonhap): No signs were found of six crew members missing after a tugboat capsized earlier this week off the southeastern city of Busan, despite search and rescue efforts entering their fourth day, officials said Saturday, Yonhap News Agency reported.
The 286-tonne vessel was carrying six South Korean and two Indonesian crew members when it overturned Wednesday afternoon after setting off from Busan Port to tow a commercial ship. One Indonesian crew member was rescued alive while a South Korean crew member was found unconscious and died later.
Six Coast Guard vessels were mobilised overnight to search for the remaining six crew members amid high waves and strong winds, but no signs of them were found. Due to the bad weather, underwater searches of the sunken vessel have not yet been carried out.
Search operations resumed during the day, but were having difficulty due to strong winds and high waves. -- BERNAMA-YONHAP
