49 abroad Taiwan fishing boat still missing

TAIPEI - A 49-strong crew on a Taiwan-registered fishing boat has been unaccounted for since losing contact on Feb. 26 in the South Atlantic, according to the local media.

The missing included two from Taiwan, 11 from the Chinese mainland, 21 from Indonesia, 13 from the Philippines and two from Vietnam, according to the island's TV network TVBS.

The boat sailed off from Kaohsiung in January to the sea area 1,700 sea miles east of the Falkland Islands for fishing and was due to return in May, said the Central News Agency.