Disabled off Yeongdo-gu
On the morning of October 12, a 9.7 ton fishing vessel (name not disclosed) became disabled off Jodo, Yeongdo-gu, Busan, South Korea. The vessel had departed Mallak with 2 crew and 20 passengers while fishing 1 kilometers east of Jodo when it suffered failure with the engine transmission and went adrift. The vessel contacted the Coast Guard who dispatched a vessel to assist. The Busan Coast Guard arrived a short time later and took the fishing vessel under tow to Yeongdo-gu. The vessel secured a tugboat which then took the fishing vessel under tow back to the port of Mallak. No reports of injuries, damage or pollution released. The Coast Guard has launched an investigation into the incident.