21.   Rostohar said a search continued Wednesday night for the missing crew member.

22.   Shipping agents for the North Korean ship said they believed the missing crew were all North Koreans.

23.   Shipping agents in Colombo for the North Korean ship said they believed the missing crew were all North Koreans.

24.   Ships were searching in the area for the missing crew members, it said.

25.   The coast guard did not identify the missing crew members.

26.   The Coast Guard was continuing to search for three other missing crew members.

27.   The missing crew members were believed to be trapped inside the hull of the Xove, registered in Las Palmas and owned by Spanish company Aluflet.

28.   The nationalities of the missing crew members were not known.

29.   The other missing crew are Taiwanese and Chinese.

30.   The missing American crew are based at Fort Bliss army base in El Paso, Texas.