Sightseeing Boat Overloaded with 80+ Passengers, Including School Trip Students, in Iki, Nagasaki

A sightseeing boat operated by the Katsumoto fishing cooperative in Iki, Nagasaki Prefecture, was found to have carried more passengers than its capacity. According to the Iki Coast Guard, more than 80 people, including third-year junior high students and teachers on a school trip from Hiroshima City, were aboard in mid-last month. The boat's capacity is 48, so the number exceeded 1.6 times the limit. The Coast Guard is conducting a voluntary investigation on suspicion of violating the Ship Safety Act, and the cooperative has said that it did operate the boat over capacity.

• Sightseeing boat "Emerald Iki" in Iki, Nagasaki
• More than 80 aboard, including students and teachers from Hiroshima
• Capacity of 48 exceeded by more than 1.6 times

長崎県壱岐市で漁協が運航する遊覧船が定員を超える修学旅行生らを乗せていたことが分かりました。 　壱岐海上保安署によりますと、壱岐市で遊覧船「エメラルド壱岐」を運航する勝本漁協は先月中旬、広島市から修学旅行に訪れた中学3年生や教員ら定員の1.6倍を超える80人以上を乗せて運航したということです。 　この遊覧船の定員は48人で、海上保安部は船舶安全法違反の疑いで任意捜査を進めています。 　勝本漁協は「定員超過で運航したのは事実」と話しているということです。 [テレ朝NEWS] https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp