An employee of a rival pleasure boat company in Hokkaido described harrowing calls for help from the skipper of a sightseeing craft that went missing in rough seas April 23, but was stuck ashore and could do little more than alert authorities of the unfolding disaster.
Sonar readings have detected multiple objects on Tuesday in the search for the tour boat that disappeared off Hokkaido, with one near the scene already ruled out after diving investigations were curtailed by bad weather, the coast guard said. As part of search operations for the 19-ton Kazu I that…
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