By MALILA Harris
SOUTH KOREA NEWS - At least seventeen fishermen are feared missing in Antarctic, following a crash of a South Korea vessel in the Southern Ocean. It has been reported that at least five of the 42-man crew died and 20 were rescued after a ship sank about 2,000 km south of New Zealand.
The search team have scaled back as they believed it was impossible to survive for long in the ocean. The crew consisted people from various nations such as South Korea, China, Indonesia, the Philippines and Russia.
According to South Korea's foreign ministry, a 614-tonne ship, the Number One In Sung dipped at around 0430 South Korean time on Monday (1930 GMT on Sunday).
A rescue fishing boat rescued twenty sailors, the ministry spokesperson said.
There is still doubts about the carnage of boat, while New Zealand rescuers was unable to clarify why the ship was suddenly sank. It was reported that the environment was calm, and moreover, no SOS was sent.
In the ocean a person can survive10 minutes without life jacket or immersion suit, so rescuers scaled back the search.
"It (is) becoming increasingly unlikely further survivors (will) be found," rescue controller Dave Wilson told AFP news agency.
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