Rescue of Missing Fishing Boat Hongxing in Pingtung: Updates and News

Rescue of Missing Fishing Boat Hongxing in Pingtung: Updates and News

2024-04-08 13:13:10

The fishing boat Hongxing Fishing in Pingtung lost news following going to sea on the morning of the 3rd. The captain surnamed Chen and two foreign employees might not be contacted, which also made the family members anxious. At noon today, following the coast patrol expanded the search, they successfully found a boat in the southwest of Maobitou. The ship was found at 45 miles, and the three people on board were rescued safely. The cause of the loss of contact was suspected to be a malfunction of the ship’s “telephone” and “ship position reporting device”. Coincidentally, the captain’s daughter said that during the period when her father lost contact, God had instructions, and It was said that it was a machine failure. According to preliminary investigation by the Coast Guard, it was due to the failure of the ship’s generator that the communication was lost.

Mr. Chen, the captain’s father, VS. reporter said: “(Have you received any news that the person is safe?) Yes, I feel more relaxed following hearing that. Otherwise, my wife would cry during the day and also cry in the followingnoon.” Hongxing Yu, who has been missing for 5 days No. 1, good news came because three people on board, including two Indonesian employees and Captain Chen, were rescued safely. When the news came back to his hometown, not only the captain’s father breathed a sigh of relief, but his neighbors were also very happy. The captain’s neighbor said: “I was worried for a few times. Oh my God, the couple cried so much.”

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After the Hongxing Fishing Boat lost contact at 18.5 nautical miles west of Maobitou at around 8 a.m. on the 3rd, the coast guard continued to expand the search this morning (8th). At 11:25 noon, the fishing boat was also found west of Maobitou. The Hongxing Fishing Boat was discovered in the sea 45 miles south and immediately escorted it back. Captain Chen’s daughter said: “I think it is safe because we asked the gods and the gods said everything was safe. The gods said it might be that the machine was broken and it might not be stopped. Contact the outside world.”

I don’t know if it was a coincidence, but just following the captain’s daughter, surnamed Chen, said that God’s instructions were caused by a signal failure on the fishing boat, which led to the loss of contact, some news pointed out that it was suspected that patrol number 7 was connected because of a failure in the phone and the ship’s position transmitter. When approaching the search and rescue, there was no response to the call. The captain’s father, Mr. Chen, said to the reporter: “(Are you sure the machine is broken now?) The machine is broken and there is no way to contact us. (The child told you this.) Still a grandson), my grandson.”

Preliminary investigation revealed that the ship’s generator was out of order, but the family members, who were originally worried that their son might be missing, are now able to put their minds at ease and wait for the reunion.

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