In the sinking accident of a sightseeing boat off the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido, a private work boat carrying a diver searching inside the ship that sank on the seabed arrived at Abashiri Port near the site on the 17th.
From the 19th at the earliest, divers will dive to the bottom of the sea and search for people left behind on the ship.
On the 23rd of last month, 14 passengers were killed in the accident where the sightseeing boat "KAZU 1" (19 tons) carrying 26 passengers and crew was sunk off the coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula, and the whereabouts of 12 people are still unknown. ..
A private salvage company requested by the Japan Coast Guard searched for people in a deep sea called "saturation diving" to find out if there were any people left behind on a tourist boat that sank to the bottom of the sea at a depth of about 120 meters. I'm going to do it.
At around 9:20 am on the 17th, a work boat "Kaishin" carrying four divers who were involved in the work arrived at Abashiri Port near the sinking site, being pulled by a tugboat.
In the future, on the work ship, preparations will be made such as entering the pressure tank to acclimatize the divers to cope with the high water pressure in the deep sea, and head to the site sea area on the evening of the 18th, and the inside of the ship sank from the 19th at the earliest. I will search at.
According to the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters, the search by "saturation diving" is scheduled to take about two days, and after that, the investigation for the withdrawal of the ship will be carried out.
Meanwhile, the Japan Coast Guard Headquarters, the Self-Defense Forces, and the police are rushing to find the missing person by continuing to search the waters around the Shiretoko Peninsula and the coastline on the land side for 17 days.