October 5 Jeju fishing-boat capsize: nine rescued, two missing in that day’s report

Name: 제주 차귀도 해상 선박전복 2명 실종...'승선 인원 달라' / YTN
Description: A 29-ton fishing vessel capsized about 65 km northwest of Chagwido, Jeju, early on October 5. As of a 5:59 p.m. KST report that day, nine of the 11 people aboard had been rescued, while the Korean captain and one Indonesian crew member were missing.

Published Oct 5, 2026

A 29-ton fishing vessel capsized about 65 km northwest of Chagwido, Jeju, early on October 5. As of a 5:59 p.m. KST report that day, nine of the 11 people aboard had been rescued, while the Korean captain and one Indonesian crew member were missing.

October 5 report

The distress call was received at 3:04 a.m. Nearby fishing boats rescued nine foreign crew members, who were reported to have no major health problems.

The vessel had declared eight people aboard before departure, but 11 were actually on board.

Overnight search plan

After daytime underwater searches on October 5 failed to find the two missing, the Coast Guard said it would continue searching from 6 p.m. that day until 6 a.m. on October 6.

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