Civilian barge ready...Coast Guard "searching with desperation"

Net removal takes a week...Weather conditions are variable
When the removal is completed, a hull search will begin
R.O.V. will be on standby due to difficulty in both divers and underwater search operations.

[Anchor]
Civilian barges used to search for missing people on the Venus have been prepared for an underwater search.

When private divers are deployed, they will start searching the hull, including removing nets.Report from reporter



[Reporter]
This is the sea of Jeju, where the Venus sank while fishing for mackerel.

The search for missing people in the Venus is in full swing around the accident area.

The barge, which was waiting for a deep-sea diver, was ready for underwater work.

A barge for a private rescue company is floating behind me.

Just below the barge, there is the sunken Venus at the bottom of the sea 90 meters deep.

In the sea, a wide-open net of Venus is interfering with the search, so the divers begin to remove it first.

[Jeong Moo-won / Jeju Regional Coast Guard Head of Security Safety Division: (The rescue company) is expected to analyze the data based on the Coast Guard and the Navy and monitor the scene before conducting the net work first]

The removal of the net, the first gateway to the hull, is expected to take at least a week, which could be further delayed if the weather worsens.

When the work is completed, a search for the hull will be launched, which is said to have had two crew members at the time of the accident.

The Navy's underwater drone, R.O.V., which discovered and recovered missing people, is waiting because it is difficult to combine deep-sea diving and search operations.

As the Venus accident has been a week, the Coast Guard, which oversees the search operation, is desperately looking for missing people.

[Kim Chang-beom / Jeju Regional Maritime Police Captain: I feel very sad to be in charge of searching the sea and transferring the missing person to the family as soon as possible.]

Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Robber also said he will visit the accident site again to help the families of missing people and take responsibility for the search.

It's YTN Go Jaehyung.

Reporter for shooting
: Yoon Ji-won