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RICHMOND — The Transportation Security Board has despatched a group to British Columbia’s north coast to probe the sinking of a tour boat in Haida Gwaii.
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A press release from the protection board says the group of investigators has been despatched to Prince Rupert, the place it’s going to collect info and decide what occurred.
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The M.V. Island Bay went down on Sept. 10 within the shallow waters of a bay on Morseby Island within the Gwaii Haanas Nationwide Park Reserve.
The coast guard stated on the time that nobody had been damage.
Nevertheless it warned the “tough marine surroundings” had the potential to trigger a diesel spill or another damaging leak from the 13-metre vessel.
Containment booms and absorbent pads had been laid down across the tour boat which is operated by Archipelago Ventures, whereas the boat proprietor arranges a salvage operation.
