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Four more bodies recovered from sunken S.Korean ship in Bering Sea
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FOUR more bodies were recovered Thursday from the sunken South Korean fishing ship in the Bering Sea, Seoul's Foreign Ministry said.
The additional recovery increased the total death toll to 16, including six South Koreans and 10 South East Asian nationals. Among the combined 60 crew members aboard the ship, seven were saved, with 37 others still missing.
The 1,753-ton fishing vessel Oryong 501, which was catching pollack, sank in the western part of the Bering Sea near Russia on Monday when seven were rescued.
The crew on board the ship included 11 South Koreans, 35 Indonesians, 13 Filipinos and one Russian inspector.
The death toll is expected to increase further as the waters are famous for freezing sea water and stormy weather, which are hampering rescue operations. A total of 12 ships are participating in the rescue activity.
The 36-year-old vessel has been believed to begin listing after bad weather caused seawater to flood the storage parts of it. The Ministry of People's Safety, the country's control tower of disasters, launched an investigation into the maritime accident.
The ship left the country's southern port city of Busan on July 10 for the Bering Sea to catch pollack.
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