Marine board investigates Katmai's mayday call
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A marine board investigating the sinking of a fishing vessel says a mayday call was recorded at the Coast Guard station in Kodiak but not heard.
The board said it hasn't been confirmed the call came from the Katmai before it sank Oct. 22 about 1,300 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Aleutian Islands.
The board said the call was not heard by the watch stander in Kodiak and not reported as heard by other entities, but the recording was found by investigators.
The call was recorded 101 minutes before the Katmai's emergency beacon transmission was received by the rescue coordination center in Juneau.
The ship sank in rough seas. Rescuers found four survivors and five bodies. Two of the crewmembers were never found.
The board is scheduled to meet Thursday in Seattle.
The board said it hasn't been confirmed the call came from the Katmai before it sank Oct. 22 about 1,300 miles southwest of Anchorage in the Aleutian Islands.
The board said the call was not heard by the watch stander in Kodiak and not reported as heard by other entities, but the recording was found by investigators.
The call was recorded 101 minutes before the Katmai's emergency beacon transmission was received by the rescue coordination center in Juneau.
The ship sank in rough seas. Rescuers found four survivors and five bodies. Two of the crewmembers were never found.
The board is scheduled to meet Thursday in Seattle.