Search continues for missing Alaska Ranger crew member

Monday, March 24 2008

Unalaska, AK – UPDATED 6:15 PM, MONDAY--A Coast Guard helicopter is still searching for the final missing crew member from the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger, which sunk Sunday morning in the Bering Sea west of Unalaska Island.

The missing man has been identified as Satoshi Konno, a Japanese national who was the fish master onboard the Alaska Ranger. Four members of the ship's crew are confirmed dead, including the captain. About half of the survivors arrived in Unalaska before dawn today, and the rest are safe onboard the Coast Guard cutter Munro, which is on its way back to Dutch Harbor.

KIAL's Charles Homans reports from Unalaska.



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