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Fishing boats crash into Wonsananmyeon Bridge piers▶ Click here to enlarge the view
Once forgotten, there are repeated fishing boat accidents that have resulted in serious casualties.
At 5:40 am on the 31st, the 9.77t class fishing vessel Blue Sea 3, with 22 people, struck the pier of the bridge connecting Anmyeondo in Taean-gun, Chungnam and Wonsan-do in Boryeong-si.
In this accident, three people, including A (62), were killed and 19 people were injured, large and small, and are receiving treatment.
According to the annual report of the National Maritime Safety Court, the number of maritime accidents in motor fishing vessels increases year after year to 1,621 cases in 2015, 1,794 cases in 2016, 1,939 cases in 2017, 213 cases in 2018 and 2,134 cases in the last year. .
The number of people who lost their lives or disappeared was 81 in 2015, 103 in 2016, 100 in 2017, 89 in 2018, and 79 in the past year.
Among them, 235 cases in 2017, 232 cases in 2018 and 278 cases last year were counted as in this accident.
In 2017, in the waters off Yeongheung Island, Incheon, Fishing Pier No. 1 collided with Myeongjin refueling ship No. 15 (366t class) and capsized, killing 15 people.
The most common causes of accidents are negligence, such as negligence in surveillance or failure to observe safety rules on board.
Of the 564 fishing vessel accidents reconsidered by the Maritime Safety Court during the last five years, 76.2% (430) were accidents due to operational errors.
A crew member rescued from a fishing boat that crashed into the Wonsananmyeon Bridge pier▶ Click here to enlarge the view
In particular, the risk of accidents is noted to be high because fishing boats have many hours to depart before dawn.
It is aimed at the dawn tide, when many fish are caught, and is described by fishermen as “fish bites at dawn”.
It is pitch dark, but there are frequent accidents when running to get the so-called “point” before other fishing boats.
This time, the accident, Blue Sea 3, also departed at 4:50 am before dawn.
Based on the fact that the captain was not drunk and there was not much fog at sea, the coast guard considered the possibility that the captain could not see the dock while driving a boat quickly in the dark.
Despite the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), marine leisure such as fishing is quite thriving.
According to the Boryeong Coast Guard, the number of fishermen who visited Boryeong on the high seas from September to October this year increased by 7% from last year.
In early and mid-September, the number of Joukumi fishermen flocked, increasing by 37% from last year.
A crew member rescued from a fishing boat that crashed into the Wonsananmyeon Bridge pier▶ Click here to enlarge the view
That is why accidents large and small are frequent.
On the morning of the previous day, a 1t class ship and a 3t class ship that were in operation collided and the captains were injured, and on the 18th, a fishing boat with 18 people crashed into a reef and was rescued by the sea.
A maritime affairs official said: “It seems that a lot of people who complain about the Corona 19 frustration go out to enjoy the activities of the sea.” .
The official added: “Today is ‘Sari’ where there are not many fish, so it is a time when there are not many fishermen as usual,” he added. “But this year, a lot of people are going to enjoy fishing in Sari.”
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