
Rescuers on Wednesday recovered 11 more bodies from the area where a South Korean fishing boat sank in the Bering Sea earlier this week, the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency reported, citing the ship's owner.
The recovery raised the confirmed death toll from the sinking to 12, with 41 remaining unaccounted for, Sajo Industries said. The 1,753-ton Oryong 501 carrying 60 crew members sank in the western Bering Sea Monday.
One Russian inspector, three Filipinos and three Indonesians were rescued, with a South Korean sailor dying shortly after being rescued. The 11 bodies recovered Wednesday are presumed to be three South Koreans, seven Indonesians, and one Filipino, the company said. The South Korean government has asked Russia to speed up its search and rescue operations for the missing crew. A total of five ships are involved in the search and rescue operations, according to the Foreign Ministry. The US coast guard has flown its aircraft in the search and US rescue ship Munro is scheduled to arrive at the accident scene soon, it added.
The Oryong 501, built in Spain in 1978, was acquired by South Korean fisheries firm Sajo Industries in 2010. The vessel sank in bad weather despite crew members' efforts to right the ship by using a pump, the report added.
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