Story Created:
Jun 26, 2009 at 12:42 PM AKDT
Story Updated:
Jun 26, 2009 at 12:42 PM AKDT
The Coast Guard is searching for a crew member of a container ship who was presumed to have fallen overboard into the North Pacific Ocean.
Thirty-seven-year-old Yom Kai Bao Fang was reported missing
early Friday morning from the 685-foot Sao Paulo.
The search area is about 750 miles southwest of Alaska's Kodiak
Island.
Yom, a Chinese national, was last seen at 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
He was discovered missing after he didn't report for his shift
seven hours later and could not be found during a five-hour search
of the ship.
Coast Guard Petty Officer Charly Hengen says seas and winds were
calm and visibility was good.
A Coast Guard helicopter search crew found no sign of Yom.
