Because the lighthouse lacked wireless equipment, all that Huang Ching-jung could do was to raise alarm flags on to the flagpole to request help from the police station on nearby Chipei Islet. In the end, because of the bad weather, by the time a helicopter landed the next day, he already had looked on helplessly as seven or eight people had fallen into the sea and died.
又因燈塔欠缺無線電通訊設備，黃清榮只好利用多面旗子升上旗桿的方式，向鄰近的吉貝島派出所求救，終因天候太差，待次日直昇機抵達時，已眼睜睜看著七、八人落海罹難。