B.C. TV show says boat that sank off Richmond was ‘utilized’ for several years - BERITAJA

A B.C.-based TV show about sportfishing and boating successful the province’s waters has released a short connection about the charter vessel that sank disconnected the seashore of Richmond connected Sunday.

Six group are still missing and presumed drowned aft the vessel sank successful the Roberts Bank area.

Four group were rescued pursuing the capsizing.

Now, the TV show Big Coast, which has been moving for 19 seasons, says the alloy that sank was “utilized” for respective years connected the show and sold to caller owners successful Richmond complete 4 years ago.

It is not known if the institution that purchased it was the aforesaid institution still operating it erstwhile the vessel sank.

“Repeated efforts to person caller owners alteration AIS grip went obscurity and person led to confusion, particularly fixed this tragic result disconnected the South Coast,” showrunners posted connected the Facebook page.

According to the Government of Canada, AIS is an Automatic Identification System, which helps “identify ships, assistance successful target tracking, assistance successful hunt and rescue operation, simplify accusation exchange… and supply further accusation to assistance situational awareness.”

Vessels equipped pinch AIS transponders continuously broadcast their accusation complete the VHF maritime band, according to the national government.

The AIS broadcasts accusation to different vessels and the Coast Guard, specified arsenic the alloy sanction and telephone sign, the vessel type and dimensions, position, navigational position and Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI) number.

That number is simply a nine-digit number assigned to a power aliases an AIS unit.

The Canadian authorities states that erstwhile personification buys a utilized boat, they could support the MMSI, but ownership and interaction specifications request to beryllium updated pinch Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED).

“I sewage a bunch of posts, moreover connected our Facebook, saying it’s really a bully point your AIS was still connected that vessel because these guys about apt wouldn’t of had 1 otherwise, and past nary 1 would cognize what happened to the vessel aft this mishap occurred,” Tim Milne, big of Big Coast, told BERITAJA.

“Part of the logic we person a way connected it, and location could beryllium immoderate recovery, is because the AIS strategy was really working.”

The charter vessel that sank connected Sunday remains in what Richmond RCMP called “very heavy waters,” and the RCMP Underwater Dive Team has been called successful to usage specialized instrumentality to spot wherever the alloy is and if it could beryllium pulled to the surface.

“Heartfelt condolences to each progressive successful the unspeakable maritime mishap occurring disconnected Richmond, BC successful (the) Strait of Georgia,” the Big Coast stated connected its Facebook page.

“Thoughts are pinch survivors, families of victims and each those progressive successful rescue operations.”