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進入《TAIPEI TIMES 焦點》 Four confirmed dead as search at sea continues
The capsized fishing boat Shih Hui No. 31 is partially submerged off the Taoyuan coast yesterday as a coast guard vessel floats nearby. Photo: CNA and the Coast Guard Administration
FIVE MISSING: Taiwanese captain Chi Wan-te’s body was retrieved, coast guard officials said, along with the bodies of one Indonesian and two Chinese fishermen
/ Staff writer, with CNA
Four fishermen have been confirmed dead and five remained missing yesterday after a fishing boat capsized off the coast of Taoyuan following a collision with a cargo ship on Friday, coast guard authorities said.
The four bodies have been identified as an Indonesian, two Chinese and 66-year-old Taiwanese captain Chi Wan-te （紀萬得）, said officials of the Coast Guard Administration, which is handling search-and-rescue efforts.
According to the officials, the first body was discovered yesterday morning about 4.9 nautical miles （9.1km） from the site of the collision.
The body was confirmed to be one of four Indonesian fishermen onboard.
At about 1pm, a second body was discovered about 6 nautical miles from Siafu Fishing Port （下福漁港）.
The body was later identified as one of four Chinese fishermen onboard.
Hsinchu Coast Guard officials in charge of search-and-rescue work said two Republic of China Navy divers earlier went underwater to search for missing fishermen, but could not open the door to the cabin of the partially submerged boat.
The divers saw a leg of a fisherman through a window, the officials said.
Ocean currents made underwater rescue operations difficult, the Hsinchu officials said.
At 3:25pm, divers accessed the cabin and pulled out two more bodies, which were later identified as Chi and another Chinese crew member.
As of press time last night, the coast guard was still searching for five people.
Four Coast Guard Administration vessels were involved in a search of the area where the incident occurred, officials said. The navy’s Underwater Operations Unit also joined the effort.
The incident occurred at 1:48am on Friday when the 48-tonne fishing boat Shih Hui No. 31 — whose crew members included the Taiwanese captain, as well as four Chinese and four Indonesian workers — collided with the cargo ship Asia Cement No. 2 about 6 nautical miles northwest of Taoyuan’s Jhuwei Fishing Port （竹圍漁港）.
Investigations into the cause of the collision are still under way.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
