Video reveals rescuers saving 69-year-old man practically a day after his boat capsized off Japanese island

A 69-year-old man drifted in uneven waters for practically a day whereas clinging to the underside of his capsized boat till he was saved by Japan’s coast guard, officers stated Wednesday. The person, whose identify has not been launched, was the one one on the boat, the No. 5 Takamaru, when it capsized off the southern Japanese resort island of Yakushima on Saturday, the coast guard stated.

After receiving a name from his colleagues, coast guard rescuers looked for him for practically a day earlier than recognizing him in tough seas about 18 miles southeast of the place he disappeared, it stated.

Televised video of the rescue, supplied by the coast guard, confirmed the person, who had a plastic sheet wrapped round him, sitting on the underside of his capsized boat whereas clinging to its propeller.

“We’re coming! Maintain on tight!” a crew of rescuers known as to the person as they approached the boat.

The person was in a position to discuss and was taken to a hospital after the rescuers introduced him again to port. He suffered a minor damage to his left ankle, the Reuters information company reported.

It was unclear what the person was doing on the time of the incident and what brought about the boat to capsize.

Elsewhere, the coast guard stated it acquired a misery sign on Wednesday saying one particular person fell into the ocean from the cargo ship Houei Crystal, which was carrying 18 Vietnamese crew members. Later within the day it acquired stories from a Russian cargo ship passing close by that it noticed a lifeboat carrying 17 crew members who have been alive. It stated the Russian ship was remaining within the space till two coast guard ships and others from South Korea arrive.

The Panamanian-registered ship apparently sank for unknown causes in open seas about 210 miles northeast of Japan’s western coast, the coast guard stated.