Missing Hong Kong couple found dead more than a week after fishing vessel collided with oil tanker
- Various government search and rescue teams were deployed by authorities on both sides as tragedy happened outside city’s waters
- Marine Department says it will follow up on case
The bodies of a missing couple who were fishing at sea were recovered on Wednesday, more than a week after their boat collided with an oil tanker south of Hong Kong.
The Marine Department said it was notified by the Guangdong Provincial Maritime Search and Rescue Centre that the sunken fishing boat was located near the site of the accident, outside Hong Kong waters.
The dead couple were located off Lamma Island. One of the bodies was spotted near the surface while the other was found in the cabin of the submerged boat.
A source familiar with the situation said the couple’s daughter identified the bodies as those of her parents Ho Yuk-ki, 66, and Lo So-mui, 62.
At about 8.45am on March 12, the 13-metre fishing boat sank quickly after colliding with an oil tanker 1.8km outside Hong Kong’s maritime border.
None of the 13 crew members on the Tian Yi 5, a mainland-registered vessel 97 metres in length, were injured, but it was unclear at the time how many people were on the fishing boat while authorities from both sides launched search and rescue efforts.