The sinking of a trawler in the western Bering Sea on Monday could be recorded as the worst-ever disaster involving a Korean fishing boat. The Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that 52 people remain missing from the Oryong 501 despite an all-night search for survivors.
So far only one body has been recovered and seven crewmembers rescued.
Four Korean and Russian trawlers and a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane searched the area for survivors, but only found four empty life boats that probably came from the Oryong 501.
Family members of the missing wait for news at Sajo headquarters in Busan on Tuesday. Russian rescue officials said one body was recovered wearing a life jacket, but further attempts at search and rescue were hampered by bad weather.
A spokesman for Sajo Industries, which operates the trawler, said strong winds and high waves are making it difficult just to navigate the waters.
Russia dispatched a transport aircraft and rescue vessel to the scene of the sinking, while Sajo will send six more fishing boats to assist in search and rescue operations. But chances of the crew surviving are growing extremely slim as temperatures dip to below -10 degrees Celsius.
Meanwhile, around 50 family members of the missing waited at Sajo's headquarters in the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday afternoon for any news of possible survivors. They complained that Sajo pushed the fishermen to work in rough waters aboard an aging trawler.
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