観光船、海上引き揚げへ　水深１８０メートルから―知床沈没事故

　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）などは２６日、えい航中に水深約１８０メートルの海底へ落下したカズワン船体を再び引き揚げる。海面までつり上げ、ウトロ港（斜里町）沖に移動後、同日夜に作業台船の上に引き揚げる予定。
　２６日は朝から、海上保安庁と契約した専門業者が船体を海面までつり上げるための準備作業を始めた。つり上げた船体を作業台船の左舷側に固定し、ウトロ港沖までえい航する。（2022/05/26-10:31）

Preparation work to salvage the Kazu I tour boat, which has fallen on to the seafloor while being towed after its sinking last month, started off the town of Shari on the Shiretoko Peninsula in Hokkaido on Thursday morning.
   The sunken ship dropped to the bottom of the sea again, at a depth of some 180 meters at a point 11 kilometers west of Utoro Port in Shari, during Tuesday's operation to salvage it as two of the five nylon slings tied to the boat were cut.
   The Kazu I sank off the peninsula on April 23 during a tour with 26 people--24 passengers and two crew members--on board.
   The preparation work for the second attempt to salvage the Kazu I is being conducted by the Japan Coast Guard's regional headquarters in Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost prefecture, and a company commissioned by the JCG.
   They plan to lift the boat to the sea surface and tow it to a point close to Utoro Port later on Thursday. The boat will then be loaded onto a work barge on Thursday night.