Indonesian crew missing off Pohang...search operation

A crew member of a fishing boat fishing in the East Sea fell into the sea and went missing, and the Coast Guard launched a search.

At around 8:40 p.m. yesterday (21st), a sailor in his 30s of Indonesian nationality who was on a 20-ton fishing boat in the sea 25km east of Wolpo Beach in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do, tripped and fell into the sea.

The Coast Guard plans to continue the search by deploying patrol ships, civilian fishing boats, and aircraft along the expected drift route.