Divers begin search operations at sunken boat site off Hokkaido

Divers begin search operations at sunken boat site off Hokkaido

A vessel operated by a salvage company carrying deepwater divers arrives on May 19, 2022, at the site of a tour boat that sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on April 23 with 26 people aboard. The divers, trained with a special technique known as saturation diving, began later in the day a search inside the tour boat located about 120 meters below the sea surface.

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