Chinese fishing boat tips over off South Korea's Gunsan

(ECNS) -- A 99-metric-ton Chinese fishing boat capsized near Gunsan, South Korea, according to Yonhap News Agency on Monday.

The accident occurred at 8:53 a.m. local time on Monday. There were likely nine people on board, according to the Gunsan Coast Guard.  

It has dispatched four patrol vessels, including a 3,000-ton-class patrol ship, and a helicopter to the site, the Yonhap said.

On Sunday, a 98-metric-ton Chinese fishing boat capsized off South Korea's southwestern Gageo Island, leaving three crew members missing and two others dead, according to a previous report by the Yonhap.

Of the 11 people on board the 98-metric-ton boat, six were initially rescued by another Chinese vessel operating nearby. The South Korean Coast Guard later rescued two more who were drifting at sea, but both were found in cardiac arrest and rushed to a hospital. They are continuing the search for the three remaining missing crew.