The sinking accident of a sightseeing boat, which killed 14 people and left 12 people missing off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, took two weeks in seven days.

In the sea area around the site, the search is continuing with a wider range, and on the afternoon of the 7th, a private company's ship equipped with an unmanned submersible for the investigation arrived at Abashiri Port to investigate the hull that sank to the seabed. ..

On April 23, 14 passengers were killed and 12 are still missing in the accident where the sightseeing boat "KAZU 1" carrying 26 passengers and crew sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula.



Even on the 7th, two weeks after the accident, the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters and the Self-Defense Forces are searching for missing persons in a wide area of ​​the sea around the site.



On the morning of the 7th, an underwater camera survey of the hull that sank to the bottom of the sea at a depth of about 120 meters was also conducted, but as of 3:00 pm, no clue was found.



For the hull investigation, a ship of a private salvage company requested by the Japan Coast Guard arrived at Abashiri Port, about 80 km away from the site, around 3:00 pm on the 7th.



After that, it is scheduled to depart for the site sea area at 5 pm and conduct an investigation with an unmanned submersible mounted on the ship as soon as it is ready, but the Japan Coast Guard has indicated that it will be difficult to start the investigation within 7 days. increase.



In addition, another workboat carrying a diver who can handle deep seas will join in the future, and we will start searching on board this month to hurry to find the missing person.

Unmanned underwater vehicle that can dive to a depth of 2000 meters

It can be confirmed that the unmanned submersible is installed on the ship of a private company arriving at Abashiri Port in Hokkaido.



According to the homepage of the company that owns it, this unmanned submersible is 2.5 meters long, 1.5 meters wide and 1.8 meters high, and can dive to a depth of 2000 meters.



In addition to the camera, it has an arm called a manipulator.