The distress call was launched at 06:00 am, Wednesday, April 17, 2013. Taiwanese trawler, Yichuan 232 , with 27 crew members on board, found himself in trouble near Saint Brandon, in the evening before. He drifted through the night before running aground on the reef surrounding St. Brandon.
Members of the National Coast Guard (NCG) who sailed this morning, arrived on the scene in the late afternoon. An operation was launched to save the crew and boatfishing.