Key takeaways:
- The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for survivors after a charter boat sank off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, leaving one person dead and four others missing.
- The Coast Guard found one person dead Sunday night before locating the boat, which was partially submerged off Low Island.
- The Coast Guard is now investigating the cause of the incident and asking anyone with information to contact them.
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for survivors after a charter boat sank off the coast of Alaska on Sunday, leaving one person dead and four others missing.
The search began after Coast Guard workers at Sector Juneau received a call Sunday night from Kingfisher Charters alerting them that a 30-foot charter vessel with five people on board had not arrived at its destination, the Coast Guard said in a news release.
Search crews found one person dead Sunday night before locating the boat, which was partially submerged off Low Island, about 10 miles west of Sitka, the agency said.
The Coast Guard continued to search for the four people still missing on Monday, but suspended the operation at sunset. The vessel had last been seen underway on Sunday afternoon, the agency said.
The Coast Guard is now investigating the cause of the incident. The identities of those on board have not been released. The Coast Guard is asking anyone with information to contact them.
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