One of the six crew members missing after the capsizing of the tugboat TNS Catcher off Busan on the 2nd was found dead seven days after the accident.

Korea Coast Guard and Navy vessels conduct a search for missing crew members from the tugboat TNS Catcher (286 tons), which sinks off Busan on the 8th./Courtesy of News1

According to the Korea Coast Guard on the 9th, at about 8:48 a.m. that day, the body of A, a 57-year-old Korean crew member of the TNS Catcher, was found on a beach near Dogu Beach in Nam-gu, Pohang, North Gyeongsang.

A sanitation worker reportedly found the body and reported it. The Korea Coast Guard confirmed through mobile phone digital forensics and fingerprint comparison that the body was A, a missing crew member of the TNS Catcher.

The TNS Catcher capsized while conducting towing operations about 9 kilometers east of Oryukdo on the 2nd. Eight people were on board, including six Koreans and two Indonesians.

Of them, one Indonesian was rescued, but one Korean was found unconscious and died. The remaining six are missing and search operations are underway.

The place where A was found is more than 100 kilometers from the accident site. It appears the body drifted away in the current.

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