A private company's ship equipped with an unmanned submersible arrived in the sinking accident of a sightseeing boat that killed 14 people and lost 12 people off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, and investigated the hull that sank to the seabed from the 8th. Will be done.
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.
On the 7th, a ship of a private salvage company requested by the Japan Coast Guard arrived at Abashiri Port and departed for the site sea area to investigate the hull that sank to the bottom of the sea at a depth of about 120 meters.
According to the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, the hull will be investigated with an unmanned submersible on board the ship from the 8th.
Other workboats will join in the future, and by the end of this month, divers will dive into the ocean floor in a way that can handle deep seas called "saturation diving" and begin searching and investigating onboard.
In addition, according to the Japan Coast Guard, as a result of coordination with the Russian side, the search in the sea area on the northeastern side of the Shiretoko Peninsula, including the area around Kunashir Island in the northern territories, has been expanded further northeastward from the afternoon of the 7th. So, two weeks after the accident, I will continue to search for the missing person in a wider area.