Days after dive yacht M/Y Dream Keeper sank in the waters of Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park on April 30, search and rescue teams have yet to find its four missing passengers, the Coast Guard said Monday, May 1. CDNDigital
Coast Guard District Palawan district commander Captain Dennis Rem Labay said in a private message that the four may have been trapped inside the yacht that sank some 1,000-1,500 meters under water at the north atoll of the park. He told reporters that the boat sank some 4 nautical miles northeast of the reefs’ north atoll.“There are many possibilities – they were trapped, got drowned, or anything, we really cannot say,” Labay told media.
Labay, in an earlier message, said Coast Guard personnel assigned at the TRNP ranger station reported that the yacht was hit by a squall or sudden surge of rain and violent winds late night Saturday. “And when the boat tilted to its side because the wind was really violent, they made contact with the nearest dive boat – M/Y Discover Palawan – which immediately responded and where the survivors were transferred. But unfortunately the four went missing up to now,” he added.
“We might consider some dives once the possible location is pinpointed but the 1,500 meters [depth] cannot be reached by divers,” he said.
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