Tokyo, April 23: Japan's coast guard says a tour boat with 26 people aboard has been missing for more than seven hours after issuing a distress call and taking in water.
The coast guard said Saturday no survivors have been found so far. Odisha: 1 Dead, 8 Migrant Workers Missing After Boat Capsizes In Sileru River Near Odisha-Andhra Pradesh Border.
It says the 19-ton Kazu 1 made an emergency call in early afternoon, saying the ship's bow had flooded and was beginning to sink and tilt when it was traveling off the western coast of Shiretoko Peninsula in the northern island of Hokkaido. The tour boat has since lost contact.
(This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)