In the sinking accident of a sightseeing boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, a work boat carrying divers and equipment diving in a way that can cope with the deep sea will head for the sinking site from the port of Kyushu on the 10th. ..


It is expected to take around a week to arrive.

On the 23rd of last month, 14 passengers were killed and 12 people 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.



At the sinking site, a private salvage company ship has been searching around a tourist ship that sank to the seabed at a depth of about 120 meters using an unmanned submersible since the 8th.



So far, no new clues leading to the discovery of the missing person have been found, but a search by an unmanned submersible is scheduled for around noon on the 10th.



In addition, according to the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, a work boat carrying divers and equipment that can handle deep seas called "saturated diving" will be sent from Moji Port in Fukuoka Prefecture to the sinking site on the afternoon of the 10th. It means to leave.



It is expected that it will take about a week to arrive as the workboat is pulled by a tugboat to the site.



The salvage company is preparing for "saturation diving" based on the hull and seafloor data obtained by the unmanned submersible, and the divers will dive and search the inside of the ship by the end of this month.



On the other hand, the Japan Coast Guard Headquarters and the Self-Defense Forces will continue to search a wide range of seas from the Shiretoko Peninsula to the area around Kunashir Island, and will hurry to find the missing person.