Wreckage found after deadly boat capsize near Alcatraz, search continues for missing bodies
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Set us as preferred The sunken remains of the Volare have been located at the bottom of San Francisco Bay — not far from where the 49-foot cabin cruiser capsized in a tragic incident believed to have killed four of the 20 passengers aboard.Now, questions are swirling about whether authorities will be able to raise the boat, if any bodies are inside, and if the wreckage can reveal what happened.
The San Francisco Police Department has been using boat-mounted sonar to search for the vessel since Tuesday and located its remains Friday.The department’s marine unit is now using an underwater drone to assess the wreckage and evaluate whether it is feasible to bring the boat to the surface.
California As search teams continued to scour the bay to find the missing passengers and recover the wreckage of the sunken vessel, it is not yet clear what caused the boat to roll on its side and topple into the water.The area of ocean where the boat capsized, around 600 feet west of Alcatraz Island, is about 130 feet deep, just past the limit to which humans can safely dive, according to San Francisco Police Cmdr.Brien Hoo.
Water pressure at that depth drastically increases the force needed to lift the boat, posing an additional challenge to the recovery effort.“We’re going to have to look for a specialized company that can help with recovery and help lift the boat,” Hoo said Wednesday.“This hasn’t happened as long as I can remember, so we’re definitely going to have to have all hands on deck to think about how we’re going to safely recover the boat.”The department is continuing to investigate what caused the boat to capsize, and to search for the two passengers who remain missing and are presumed dead.
California Authorities are trying to determine the cause of a boat sinking in San Francisco Bay, leaving one person dea...