Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Salvage of sunken tour boat off Hokkaido

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 27, 2022, shows a sunken tour boat covered with a blue tarpaulin off the Hokkaido town of Shari, northern Japan. It is being transported to the port of Abashiri after an initial attempt to salvage the vessel, which went missing in late April with 26 people aboard, resulted in it sinking to a depth of about 180 meters.

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