(LEAD) Rescuers resume search for missing from sunken S. Korean ship

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Yonhap) -- Rescuers resumed their search for the 52 people missing from a South Korean fishing boat that sank off the coast of Russia's far east on Tuesday after no survivors were found overnight, Seoul officials said.

The 1,753-ton Oryong 501 carrying 60 crew members sank in the western Bering Sea Monday, leaving one Korean crew member dead. One Russian inspector, three Filipinos and three Indonesians have been rescued.

"None of the missing crew members were rescued overnight," said an official at Seoul's foreign ministry. "Search and rescue efforts resumed early Tuesday morning after being suspended for hours due to bad weather and rough seas."

  This photo shows an accident site where a South Korean fishing ship sunk off the coast of the Russian Far East on Dec. 1, 2014. (Yonhap)

Seoul has asked the Russian government to speed up its search and rescue operations for the missing crew members, the official said, adding vessels have been mobilized and that an additional six ships will come to the site within 12 hours.

The United States has also joined the operations, using airplanes. The U.S. coast guard has flown its aircraft in the search and Russia also plans to do so soon, he said.

The foreign ministry has sent its two diplomats in Seoul's consulate in Vladivostok to Chukotka Port, the closest port from the accident site, to support the rescue efforts. It will also send two more officials to Russia soon, the official added.

The Oryong 501, built in Spain in 1978, was acquired by South Korean fisheries firm Sajo Industries in 2010.

The vessel sank in bad weather despite crew members' efforts to right the ship by using a pump, according to Sajo.

The company has been trying to identify the dead crew member. It has also set up a special headquarters to deal with the accident at its office in the country's southern port city of Busan.

sooyeon@yna.co.kr

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