Charter boat sank in ‘really deep’ waters, Richmond RCMP says as recovery ongoing - BERITAJA

Efforts are now underway to retrieve a alloy and the six group presumed drowned disconnected the seashore of Richmond.

Richmond RCMP said 4 men and 2 women stay unaccounted for and are presumed drowned aft a charter boat sank disconnected the seashore of Richmond, successful the Roberts Bank area, connected Sunday.

Four group were rescued pursuing the capsizing.

Nearby vessels raced to the commercialized charter boat, but rescuers opportunity that by the clip they arrived, only 4 group were recovered alive.

Richmond RCMP said the betterment of the alloy is analyzable because the h2o wherever the alloy sank is deep.

“So wherever the vessel sank, they’re reasoning the h2o location is about 150 to 180 meters deep, which is really deep,” Cpl. Frank Bryson pinch Richmond RCMP said.

“So they’re going to request immoderate specialized instrumentality — underwater drones and things for illustration that — to spell down. So they’re looking astatine a clip erstwhile the upwind is cooperating and they could get down and utilize immoderate of those tools.”

Bryson added that for those who are presumed drowned, adjacent of kin notifications still request to beryllium completed.

He did not supply immoderate accusation connected whether the group connected the vessel were locals aliases tourists.

The Transportation Safety Board confirmed connected Tuesday that it is investigating what happened.