大規模捜索を開始　３日間、国後島周辺も―６月１日に船体陸揚げ・知床事故

　北海道・知床半島沖で観光船「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２９日、現場海域周辺などで大規模な一斉捜索を始めた。依然として行方不明となっている乗客ら１２人の発見に向け、３１日まで実施する。
　大規模捜索は、知床半島の沖合を重点的に実施。２９日は国後島周辺にも海上保安庁の巡視船６隻を派遣し、これまで最大３隻だった態勢を強化した。
　３日間で船舶延べ約７０隻、航空機同約２０機が参加。海上自衛隊の掃海艇や道の漁業取締船などが加わるほか、民間の漁船や観光船も協力を予定している。道警による陸上からの捜索も続ける。
　同本部はカズワンの船体を６月１日に作業台船から網走港へ陸揚げすると明らかにした。国土交通省は同日午後、家族らに船体を確認してもらう予定という。（2022/05/29-19:51）

Coast guards and others on Sunday launched a three-day intensive search for 12 people who are still missing after a tour boat accident off the Shiretoko Peninsula in the northern Japan prefecture of Hokkaido last month.
   In the three days through Tuesday, a total of 70 vessels and 20 aircraft will participate, including a minesweeper of the Maritime Self-Defense Force and a fishery patrol ship of the Hokkaido prefectural government. Private fishing and sightseeing boats are also slated to cooperate.
   The Hokkaido police will join the search from the land.
   In the accident on April 23, 14 of the 26 people who were on the Kazu I tour boat have been confirmed dead. Meanwhile, two bodies, a man and a woman, were found on nearby Kunashiri Island, and the 1st Regional Coast Guard Headquarters is hurrying to confirm their identities.
   The regional headquarters, based in the Hokkaido city of Otaru, is investigating the accident on suspicion of professional negligence resulting in death.