Captain of small boat dies after capsizing incident

Taipei, Jan. 9 (CNA) The captain of the Pingtung County-registered vessel "Ying Feng 32" died following the capsizing of his vessel Thursday morning.

The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) Southern Branch said that they received a report about the capsizing in waters northeast of Pingtung County's Liuqiu Island at 7:58 a.m. that morning, upon which they dispatched PP-3557 and CP-1071 vessels to the area to provide assistance.

The deceased, a 66-year-old man surnamed Hung (洪), was found floating in the sea at 8:27 a.m. by the individual who reported the incident, the officials said.

The CP-1071 vessel recovered Hung's body and attempted to resuscitate him on the vessel, which arrived at Pingtung's Yanpu Inspection Office at 9:05 a.m.

He was then further treated by medical personnel and taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Hung went out to sea after reporting to the coastguard at the New Liuqiu Inspection Office at around 6 a.m., the coastguard said.