不明の２等機関士を発見　死亡確認、貨物船沈没事故―愛媛・今治沖

　愛媛県今治市沖で２７日、日本の貨物船「白虎」が外国船と衝突し沈没した事故で、今治海上保安部は３０日、行方不明となっていた２等機関士の上畠隆寛さん（２２）＝鹿児島県枕崎市＝を船内から発見したと発表した。上畠さんは死亡が確認された。
　同保安部によると、３０日午前８時４５分ごろ、水深約６０メートルの海底に沈んでいる「白虎」の操舵（そうだ）機室で、海上保安庁の特殊救難隊が心肺停止となっている上畠さんを発見した。（2021/05/30-13:29）

One of the three missing crew members of a Japanese cargo ship that sank on Thursday after colliding with a foreign ship was confirmed dead on Sunday.
   Takahiro Kamihata, 22, second engineer of the Byakko, was found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest by a special rescue team of the Japan Coast Guard in the steering room of the ship around 8:45 a.m. Sunday (11:45 p.m. Saturday GMT), according to the Imabari Coast Guard Office in the city of Imabari, Ehime Prefecture, western Japan.
   Kamihata, from the city of Makurazaki, Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, was later pronounced dead.
   The cargo ship was found on the seabed at a depth of about 60 meters, the office said.
   The accident occurred around 11:55 p.m. Thursday. The 11,454-ton Byakko sank after colliding with the 2,696-ton Ulsan Pioneer chemical ship, registered in the Marshall Islands, when it was sailing in waters off Imabari.