In the accident where a tour boat sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, when the operating company received a national special audit in another accident last year, it was instructed to improve it because it did not record the circumstances of the decision to set sail. I found out that it was.
At the national committee meeting on the 11th, we will start discussions on safety measures for small vessels, including how audits should be.
On the 23rd of last month, the sightseeing boat "KAZU 1" sank off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, killing 14 passengers and still leaving 12 missing.
In this accident, the validity of the departure decision is one of the focal points, but according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the operating company was stipulated in the safety management regulations when it received a special national audit in another accident last year. It is said that he was instructed to improve because he did not keep a record of how he decided to set sail.
Following this accident, on the afternoon of the 11th, a national committee to consider safety measures for small vessels will hold its first meeting to start discussions on how audits should be and how to improve the effectiveness of vessel inspections.
On the other hand, at the sinking site on the 11th, a ship of a private specialist is searching for the missing person with an unmanned submarine, and even at sea from the Shiretoko Peninsula to the area around Kunashiri Island, the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters and the Self-Defense Forces etc. I am continuing my search.