Sauna fishing boat capsizes or continues to search for crew September 18th, east off Hokkaido, 4:35
On the 17th, the Coast Guard headquarters conducted a search by aircraft and patrol boat on the 18th in an accident in which it was not possible to contact a saury fishing boat with eight people on the sea off the eastern coast of Hokkaido, and a capsized ship was found in a nearby sea I will do my best to discover the crew.
According to the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, it was not possible to contact 29 tons of saury fishing boat "65th Keiei Maru" belonging to the Taiki fishery cooperative in Taiki-cho on the sea approximately 640 kilometers east of Cape Nosaburo in Hokkaido before noon on the 17th. There was a report.
When the Coast Guard aircraft headed for the site, I found that a ship that appeared to be Keieimaru was capsized in a nearby sea area.
Keieimaru was scheduled to go fishing with a fellow fishing boat on the 12th of this month and return to Hanasaki Port on the 18th for landing.
There are 8 people in their 40s and 70s, including the captain, Mr. Toshihiro Keigo (52), and in the surrounding waters, Maritime Self-Defense Force aircrafts are searching throughout the night.
Meanwhile, the Coast Guard Headquarters plans to resume the search from the sky by flying an aircraft from the morning of the 18th. In addition, the patrol boat heading for the sea area is expected to arrive in the morning, and we will make every effort to discover the crew.
Special rescue team leaves Kushiro Port
Six members of the special rescue team dispatched from the 3rd Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, on the night of the 17th, boarded the “Soya” patrol boat, and departed from Kushiro Port. Did.
The special rescue team is expected to arrive near the site sea area on the evening of the 18th, so we are going to search inside the ship.