해경 "탑승자 21명 추정…생존 3명·사망 10명·실종 8명"

Published : Sept 6, 2015 - 08:54 Updated : Sept 6, 2015 - 17:41

제주 추자도 인근 해상에서 전복된 돌고래호(9.77t·해남 선적)의 최종 탑승자 수가 21명으로 잠정 집계됐다.

시신이 인양된 사망자의 신원도 모두 확인됐다.

이평현 제주해양경비안전본부장은 6일 오후 브리핑에서 "현재까지 확인된 돌고 래호 탑승자는 생존자 3명, 사망자 10명, 실종자 8명 등 총 21명으로 추정된다"고 밝혔다.돌고래호가 출항신고하며 제출한 승선원 명부에는 22명이 기록돼 있다.

이에 대해 이 본부장은 "명부상에는 있었던 4명은 실제 배를 타지 않았고, 반대 로 명부에 없던 3명이 탑승한 사실을 확인했다"고 설명했다.

이날 낮까지 수습된 시신 10구의 상세 인적 사항도 확인됐다.

사망자 명단에는 돌고래호 선장 김철수(46)씨도 포함된 것으로 전해졌다.

이 본부장은 "해양수산부와 해남군 주관 하에 유가족의 의견을 충분히 반영, 사 망자에 대한 신원 확인과 장례절차 등을 진행할 예정"이라고 말했다.

해경 측은 실종자가 조류 등의 영향으로 양식장 주변과 연안 해안가로 표류할 것에 대비해 전문잠수요원을 투입, 수색 작업을 강화했다고 전했다.

해경은 또 제주본부 경비안전과장을 본부장으로 하는 수사본부를 설치하고 본격 적인 사고 원인 조사에 나설 방침이다. (연합)

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10 people dead, several missing from capsized boat

The death toll from a capsized fishing boat off the country's south coast increased to 10 Sunday, as several others remained unaccounted for, coast guard officials said.

The 9.77-ton boat Dolphin was found at around 6:25 a.m. near Chuja Island, north of the southern resort island of Jeju, according to the coast guard. The boat lost contact around 7:38 p.m. Saturday, about half an hour after it left Chuja for Haenam, South Jeolla Province.

Three people have been rescued and flown by helicopter to a hospital in Jeju.

"Of the 22 people on the list of people on board, 13 were confirmed to have been aboard, four were confirmed not to have boarded, while one of the survivors was not on the list," Lee Pyung-hyun, chief of the Jeju coast guard, said during a press briefing.

The exact number of people aboard the boat has yet to be determined, he said. No additional survivors or casualties were found inside the vessel.

Eight naval vessels, a Lynx helicopter and a P-3C maritime patrol aircraft have been dispatched to the site of the accident, according to a Navy official. In total, more than 50 naval and coast guard vessels have been mobilized in the search and rescue operations.

"We are carrying out search operations in a large circle around Seomsaengi Island, where the survivors were found," said a coast guard official, referring to an inhabited island south of Chuja.

"Weather conditions are good, so the search is gaining momentum."

President Park Geun-hye ordered Public Safety and Security Minister Park In-yong to "do everything possible for the search and rescue of the missing," according to Cheong Wa Dae. Park has been briefed on the accident since Saturday night, it said.

She also ordered the minister to provide exact information on the accident and the search operations to the families of those missing, relevant authorities as well as the general public.

One of the survivors, surnamed Park, said the boat capsized "in an instant" due to rolling waves.

"I was sleeping when the boat's engine went off and the captain told us to get out and water started to fill the boat," the 38-year-old said at the hospital. "I was the last to come outside and as soon as I did, the boat capsized."

Park and the other survivors climbed on top of the capsized boat and held on for more than 10 hours as they waited to be rescued.

Other passengers were initially with them, but they later disappeared from view after apparently falling off due to the strong waves, Park said.

The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries set up a control center at its headquarters in Sejong to oversee the rescue operations. (Yonhap)