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14 sailors missing in South Korean waters from ship
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 25 - 12 - 2007


Fourteen sailors aboard a ship
carrying toxic chemicals remained missing Tuesday after
their vessel was feared to have sunk in South Korea's
southern waters, ap quoted the Coast Guard officials as saying.
The South Korean ship was carrying 2,000 tons of nitric
acid, but it is unlikely to pose a threat to the ocean or
marine life since the chemical dilutes easily, said Choi
Eun-ju, a regional Coast Guard officer.
South Korea's Coast Guard and navy started searching for
the ship shortly after it sent out a distress signal off
Yeosu, 455 kilometers (283 miles) south of Seoul, around 4
a.m. (0700 GMT) Tuesday, said Coast Guard spokesman Kang
Byung-mun.
One sailor_ identified as a 28-year-old Burmese _ was
found floating at sea hours later, but the other 14 crew
members _ 12 South Koreans and two from Myanmar _ were
still missing, Kang said.
The survivor was taken to a hospital but was unconscious,
he added.
The rescue team has yet to find any wreckage of the ship.
However, authorities believe the vessel may have sunk since
no signals have been detected from it for more than 12
hours, Kang said.
The ship was sailing to Taiwan after leaving the southern
port city of Gwangyang on Monday night, he said.
The news comes as South Korea battles to contain the
nation's worst-ever oil spill, which has blackened beaches
and jeopardized the ecosystem along the country's west
coast. A wayward barge hit a supertanker on Dec. 7 causing
the tanker to leak 78,920 barrels of oil.
The Coast Guard sent a boat to measure the acidity of the
waters but it sailed back ashore due to high waves, said
Song Hae-mi, another Coast Guard officer. A thin oil slick
believed to be from the ship's fuel tanker was spotted on
the waters, she added.


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