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Posted: October 29, 2008 - 11:48 pm
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Investigators looking into last week’s sinking of the fishing boat Katmai, which killed seven crewmen, have learned of a recorded mayday call at the Kodiak Coast Guard station that came in 101 minutes before the radio signal that triggered the search for survivors.
“The call is not confirmed to have come from the Katmai, was not heard by the Coast Guard watch stander in Kodiak and not reported as being heard by any other entities,” a Coast Guard press release issued this evening says. “It was discovered upon review of the recorded audio files as a part of the investigation.”
Click here to see the release and hear the mayday call.
The Coast Guard had reported receiving a signal from the Katmai’s emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) at 1:08 a.m. Oct. 22.
The EPIRB sounded after the boat went down about 100 miles west of Adak in the Aleutian chain.
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