Crab Boat Destination Crew Found
A noaa research vessel found the destination at the bottom of the bering sea five months after it disappeared feb.
Crab boat destination crew found. Using a multibeam echo sounder a noaa boat the f v fairweather found the sunken boat. Five months after the f v destination went missing the national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa has discovered the wrecked crab boat. A crab fishing boat that went missing in the same waters the tv show deadliest catch is filmed has been found five months after it sank. 11 with a crew of six according to reports thursday.
Kai hamik courtesy of the. The boat and its six crew members were fishing for snow crab when they disappeared on february 11. The destination and its six crew members went missing on february 11 2017 while fishing for snow crab northwest of st. Using sonar the f v destination was found at the bottom of the sea in close to 250 feet of water.
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The 138 page coast guard report comes to conclusions similar to the national transportation safety board s accident brief released in july 2018. The destination crew wrestles with a steel framed crab pot on the bering sea in an earlier season. Coast guard marine board of investigation released a report and final action memo on the february 2017 sinking of the 98 foot crabber destination and the deaths of six crew members. Tom and judy hamik parents of destination crew member kai hamik remember their son after the coast guard releases a report sunday on what caused the crab boat to sink in 2017.
The national oceanic and atmospheric administration noaa announced this morning that two of its research vessels have found and confirmed the location of the destination. A seattle based crab boat lost since february was found on the seafloor.