Business Recorder - World - Asia https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:07:35 +0500 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:07:35 +0500 60 S. Korean in missing coastguard helicopter found dead https://www.brecorder.com/news/4347/s-korean-in-missing-coastguard-helicopter-found-dead <p class="MsoPlainText"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/moon-crash-cp-400.jpg" width="400" height="225" />SEOUL: Searchers Thursday found the body of one of five people who were travelling on a South Korean coastguard helicopter that crashed off the south coast Wednesday night. The body of female officer Lee Yu Jin was found in the sea off Jeju island, a coastguard spokesman said.</p> <p class="MsoPlainText">Several parts of the helicopter were found nearby and a search for four missing officers is still underway, he said. The AW-139 helicopter had been heading to a hospital after picking up Lee, 28, from a coastguard ship for treatment for a fever. The helicopter, made by Italian firm AgustaWestland, was first deployed last Friday.</p> <p><center><b><i> </i></b></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"> </p> <p></center><center><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</i></b><i> </i></center></p> SEOUL: Searchers Thursday found the body of one of five people who were travelling on a South Korean coastguard helicopter that crashed off the south coast Wednesday night. The body of female officer Lee Yu Jin was found in the sea off Jeju island, a coastguard spokesman said.

Several parts of the helicopter were found nearby and a search for four missing officers is still underway, he said. The AW-139 helicopter had been heading to a hospital after picking up Lee, 28, from a coastguard ship for treatment for a fever. The helicopter, made by Italian firm AgustaWestland, was first deployed last Friday.

 

 

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