運航会社関係先を家宅捜索　業過致死容疑で、２日連続―知床観光船事故・海保

　北海道・知床半島沖で２６人が乗った観光船「ＫＡＺＵ　I（カズワン）」が沈没した事故で、第１管区海上保安本部（小樽市）は３日、業務上過失致死容疑で、斜里町の運航会社「知床遊覧船」の関係先を家宅捜索した。捜索は２日連続。今後、押収資料を分析し、関係者の事情聴取を行い、安全管理体制に問題がなかったかなどを調べる。
　海保関係者によると、３日は同社が所有しウトロ港に停泊中の観光船「ＫＡＺＵ　III（カズスリー）」と、同社が使っている車を捜索した。（2022/05/03-15:40）

Japan Coast Guard investigators for a second straight day Tuesday searched locations linked to the operator of the Kazu I after the tour boat sank off the northern prefecture of Hokkaido late last month.
   Investigators from the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters searched the Kazu III tour boat owned by Shiretoko Yuransen and a vehicle used by the company based in the Hokkaido town of Shari, according to coast guard sources.
   On Monday, coast guard investigators searched the office of Shiretoko Yuransen and the home of its 58-year-old head, Seiichi Katsurada.
   The coast guard suspects Katsurada and the 54-year-old captain of the Kazu I, Noriyuki Toyoda, who has been missing since the April 23 accident, of committing professional negligence resulting in death.
   The Kazu I sank off the Shiretoko Peninsula. Fourteen of the 26 passengers and crew members aboard have been found and confirmed dead.