[Breaking News]Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

CHIBA, Japan, July 24 Kyodo - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Tokai Kisen Co. jet ferry, "Seven Islands Ai," (top) being towed by a Japan Coast Guard ship after it went adrift in waters south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on July 24, 2024. (Kyodo)

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Tokai Kisen Co. jet ferry, "Seven Islands Ai," (top) being towed by a Japan Coast Guard ship after it went adrift in waters south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on July 24, 2024.

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Tokai Kisen Co. jet ferry, "Seven Islands Ai," which went adrift in waters south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on July 24, 2024.

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Tokai Kisen Co. jet ferry, "Seven Islands Ai," (top) being towed by a Japan Coast Guard ship after it went adrift in waters south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on July 24, 2024.

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Ferry with over 100 passengers goes adrift in waters south of Tokyo

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows a Tokai Kisen Co. jet ferry, "Seven Islands Ai," which went adrift in waters south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture on July 24, 2024.

K-Jet ferry linking Kansai airport with Kobe takes on water

K-Jet ferry linking Kansai airport with Kobe takes on water

OSAKA, Japan - The K-Jet Emerald Wing high-speed ferry boat is towed to a port in the city of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 3 after taking on water. Twenty-three passengers and crew members aboard the 165-ton ferry were safe. It was sailing from from Kansai International Airport to Kobe.

Ferry service between Japan, S. Korea resumes

Ferry service between Japan, S. Korea resumes

Photo taken from Hakata port in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka shows JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s Queen Beetle high-speed ferry heading for South Korea's Busan on Nov. 4, 2022. The ferry service connecting the two cities resumed the same day for the first time since March 2020 in line with the easing of Japan's coronavirus border restrictions last month.

Ferry service between Japan, S. Korea resumes

Ferry service between Japan, S. Korea resumes

JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s Queen Beetle high-speed ferry leaves Hakata port in Fukuoka in southwestern Japan for South Korea's Busan on Nov. 4, 2022. The ferry service connecting the two cities resumed the same day for the first time since March 2020 in line with the easing of Japan's coronavirus border restrictions last month.

Ferry service between Japan, S. Korea resumes

Ferry service between Japan, S. Korea resumes

Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s Queen Beetle high-speed ferry heading for South Korea's Busan shortly after its departure of Hakata port in the southwestern Japan city of Fukuoka on Nov. 4, 2022. The ferry service connecting the two cities resumed the same day for the first time since March 2020 in line with the easing of Japan's coronavirus border restrictions last month.

K-Jet ferry linking Kansai airport with Kobe takes on water

K-Jet ferry linking Kansai airport with Kobe takes on water

OSAKA, Japan - The K-Jet Emerald Wing high-speed ferry boat is towed to a port in the city of Kishiwada, Osaka Prefecture, on Jan. 3 after taking on water. Twenty-three passengers and crew members aboard the 165-ton ferry were safe. It was sailing from from Kansai International Airport to Kobe.

New high-speed passenger ship

New high-speed passenger ship

JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s new Queen Beetle high-speed passenger ship arrives at the Port of Hakata in Fukuoka on Oct. 15, 2020. It is planned that the ship will sail between the southwestern Japan city and Busan in South Korea, with the date for the start of services yet to be determined due to the coronavirus pandemic.

New high-speed passenger ship

New high-speed passenger ship

JR Kyushu Jet Ferry Inc.'s new Queen Beetle high-speed passenger ship arrives at the Port of Hakata in Fukuoka on Oct. 15, 2020. It is planned that the ship will sail between the southwestern Japan city and Busan in South Korea, with the date for the start of services yet to be determined due to the coronavirus pandemic.