[News UP] Four hours after the Jeju fishing boat sank...What is most urgent for the current rescue?

■ Host: Anchor Yoon Jae-hee
■ Appearance: Jin Soon-taek, former Standing Committee Chairman of the Maritime Rescue Team

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[Anchor]
As I told you, the rescue work is currently underway, and the additional structure is slow. Let's connect with a maritime rescue expert and listen to the urgent advice from the rescue now. I'm on the phone of Jin Chun-taek, former standing chairman of the Maritime Rescue Committee. Mr. Chairman, how are you?

[Jin Juntaek]
Hello.

[Anchor]
The accident occurred at 4:33. So, it's been about 3 hours now, so what's the most urgent thing to do when rescuing at this point?

[Jin Juntaek]
Four hours have passed since the accident, so when the accident occurred at 4:33 a.m., the weather was dark and it was impossible to see, and in the current situation, the most urgent thing is to save lives. From our perspective, we cannot yet predict what happened when the accident occurred. However, since it's dawn now, many rescue workers are believed to have arrived at the scene, and life saving is the most urgent.

[Anchor]
Looking at the weather in the area of the accident, it is known that the waves and winds are blowing at a wind speed of 4-6m/S and the wave height is 1m, so would there be no difficulty in rescue work at this level?

[Jin Chun-taek]
The wind speed is 4-6m per second, and the wave height is about 1m. As of now, the weather is considered to be good. But based on this weather condition, there is no big difficulty in rescuing. First of all, the focus of the rescue should be on the bright side, so it would be better to see the possibility of missing people floating in the sea when many rescue workers arrive and to rescue more on the water than underwater search.

[Anchor]
There are 12 people missing, so I think we need to search underwater.If it's deep, there are some difficult parts, right?

[Jin Chun-taek]
In the current situation, if it is 24km northwest of Biyang, the water depth is very deep. Even if the water depth is deep, life is the best, so in order to rescue, we should do it first in the water and now that it's bright, we should do an underwater search at the same time. Isn't the ship completely sunk now? Since the water depth is deep in the sunken state, there is a way for a diver to go in and check, but now a difficult situation is expected. There is an ROV diving robot for underwater search. I'm in the Navy. I think it's reasonable to explore with it.

[Anchor]
As you said, the hull is completely sunken, so is there any chance that the missing people are still on board?

[Jin Juntaek]
It can't be completely determined, but we still don't know how the ship was in an accident at the time of the accident, right? Did I get hit by the waves? It's confirmed that there are no reefs there, but I don't know what the captain made, but shouldn't we assume that the ship sank due to bad weather and rescue it first? Then, in order to rescue, you may still be in the hull underwater, and you have to check the sunken condition when the ship accident occurs, but I can't decide how, but since 4:33 a.m. was a dark night, so I think we should conduct an underwater search at the same time.

[Anchor]
According to the news just now, the Coast Guard explains that the accidental ship is believed to have capsized and sunk while transferring the catch to the carrier. So you could say that most of the crew were on board at the time. What do you think?

[Jin Juntaek]
If it was the process of loading the amount of work on a fishing boat when the work was finished, it is no exaggeration to say that it is almost outside. Then, when all the accidents occurred outside, the ship might have gone over because of a collision between the ship and the ship. If this happens, we cannot rule out the possibility that the missing people have almost fallen into the sea.

[Anchor]
This is a fishing boat.Aren't there basically all the safety devices and equipment that sailors can prepare for a sinking accident?

[Jin Juntaek]
In the event of an accident, the ship usually wears a life jacket at sea and escapes when it is sunk, but it is generally considered common sense that it is rarely wearing a life jacket when working. Because if you wear a life jacket, you have a lot of difficulties working on it. Then, since you didn't wear a life jacket during transportation, if you fall into the sea one by one, you're bound to have an accident helplessly. We are almost fully equipped with the equipment. The most equipped is the life jacket. However, the content of the accident may vary depending on whether you wore it or not, but I think you didn't wear it.

[Anchor]
Considering the weather conditions in the accident area, how much should I set the search range as much as possible?

[Jin Chun-taek]
The scope of the search cannot be determined. Then you have to look at the wind and the flow velocity there first, but when a person falls into the water, the flow velocity is very fast. Then, it's okay if you wear a life jacket when you fall, but if you don't, you can be pushed from the top or underwater. I don't think it would have gone that far if the distance had been 4 hours. First of all, there will be reports from the Coast Guard and the Navy as they said helicopters came from the water. Then we'll have to search around it in vast numbers first. I think it will be structured to some extent when I am in the prime minister. There's no way when you're in the water. Then, as time passes, you may go far later, and in the current situation, if a diver can enter, wouldn't it be better to search around it first?

[Anchor]
I'm careful.How much golden time can Ma usually be set in the event of a ship sinking like this?

[Jin Chun-taek]
A lot of people say it's golden time when there's an accident. However, unlike land, when a person falls into the sea, the person's swimming ability and the temperature are very cold now. Then even if you know how to fall and swim, you can't last long because of the low body temperature. Then, even when you said you endured a low body temperature, didn't the time go too long now? So, we need to expand the search scope of the water quickly, and then go underwater and find the sunken ship first. If a person can enter according to the depth, a diver will enter and rescue, and if a person cannot enter, there is also a way to search and rescue by putting in an ROV robot.

[Anchor]
If the diver goes in, he said it would be difficult because it's a deep area.Is it okay to secure a dry vision or something like that?

[Jin Juntaek]
The water in Jeju is clear, so you can see it, but if the water is deep, the sun cannot pass through, so it's dark and there are lights, so there won't be much difficulty. If the water depth is less than 20 to 30m and 50m, it can be seen with the eyes, but if it is more than 50m, 70m, and 100m, it is dark because the sun does not go in underneath. Then there are lights and everything. If people can take the light with them, and if people can't go in, there's all the light there, so you can control it from above and rescue it.

[Anchor]
At the scene, not only the Coast Guard but also about 10 civilian fishing boats are participating in the search, and there are also things to be aware of at the scene. What are the points?

[Jin Chun-taek]
There are a lot of rescue workers, and right now, when private fishing boats have an accident, the first people to rescue them are doing a lot of initial responses. Then, the initial response has already passed, and now it seems that water search and underwater search should be intensively conducted.

[Anchor]
I see. We will continue to update you on the rescue situation as soon as it comes in additionally. I was with Jin Chun-taek, the former standing chairman of the Maritime Rescue Committee. Mr. Chairman, thank you for your words today.