Seoul: The plane and ships are looking at South Korea’s east coast on Thursday for six members of the crew still lost the day after the fishing boat was reversed.
One crew member was found unconscious and the other two were saved.
Nine crew members were on a 72-ton ship when reported upside down on Wednesday in waters about half of the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
Four is China, three South Korea and two Indonesians.
Their ship left the East Port Hupo on Sunday to catch red crabs, according to South Korean coast guards.
After the initial search effort made a little progress because of the bad weather, the savior on Thursday morning recovered one of the crew members from a burning ship that was still unconscious, said a local coast guard in a statement.
The identity of the person was not immediately known.
Around the same time, civilian fishermen saved two other crew members, both Chinese, who were found floating in the area, the statement said.
It is said they are aware.
The coast guard said he would continue to look for missing crew members.
On Thursday morning, 10 ships, three helicopters and two aircraft from South Korea were involved in search, supported by Japanese ships, said the beach guard.