Japanese cruise ship goes missing after calling for help
The image is believed to be of the ship before it disappeared. Photo Getty Images.
After more than 7 hours of intensive search with the participation of 6 patrol boats and 4 helicopters, no survivors have been found.
Before missing, the cruise ship Kazu 1, weighing 19 tons, made an emergency call in the early afternoon of April 23 (local time), according to which, the bow of the ship was flooded, began to sink and tilted. while moving off the west coast of the Shiretoko Peninsula in the northern island of Hokkaido.
The cruise ship has lost contact since then, carrying 24 passengers and 2 crew.
According to a local fisheries cooperative, at midday on March 24, the weather conditions in the sea area where the ship went missing had big waves and strong winds. Japanese media reported that the fishing boats were forced to return to port before noon because of bad weather.
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