The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said, "This time, the government passed the ship inspection even though there was an area where the radio waves could not reach the communication equipment of the tour boat in the accident where the tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido. In view of the events, it is necessary to consider how the inspection should be. "
In the accident where a sightseeing boat carrying 26 people sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula on the 23rd of last month, 14 people have been confirmed dead so far, and the hull was found on the seabed on the 29th.
In a ship inspection conducted three days before the accident, the company applied for a mobile phone as a communication facility with land, but there are areas where radio waves do not reach, and the inspection function of the country where the check function does not work from experts etc. Has been pointed out asking.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the "call area map" published by the mobile phone company for the mobile phone for which the application was made shows a "dead zone" where radio waves do not reach.
However, according to the internal regulations of the Japan Small Vessel Inspection Organization, which conducts inspections, the inspection passes regardless of the "area map", and the person in charge of this vessel inspection heard from the captain and the surrounding fishermen that he would "connect". It means that I passed the inspection.
Regarding the series of measures, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said, "In view of this event, it is necessary to consider the ideal way of inspection," and expressed the recognition that the inspection may have been insufficient.