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TOKYO (AFP) – Japan’s coast guard said on Wednesday (September 2) that a person was found during a search for a freighter with 43 people on board after receiving a distress call from the East China Sea during a typhoon. .
An alarm signal was received in the early hours from a ship about 185 kilometers west of the Japanese island Amami Oshima, the coast guard said.
He said he believed the call for help had been sent by a ship called Gulf Livestock 1, en route to the Chinese port of Tangshan from Napier in New Zealand.
“The Defense Ministry informed us that a person wearing a life jacket was found” in the sea where the ship disappeared, a coast guard told AFP.
The person, whose identity and condition is unknown, was found by a patrol plane sent by the Ministry of Defense.
A rubber boat was also seen from the plane, but the coast guard officer said they have not confirmed whether it belonged to the boat.
Four coast guard ships and several aircraft participated in the search and rescue operation.
One of the ships arrived in the area more than 10 hours after the distress call and three were still heading there in stormy conditions.
The coast guard said it had not detected any additional signals.
The distress call came when strong winds and heavy rain hit the area overnight with Typhoon Maysak.
The crew reportedly includes 39 Filipinos, two New Zealanders, one Australian and one Singaporean.
Local media also said the ship was carrying 5,800 cows.
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