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Update 4: Nisshin Maru Fire
MEDIA RELEASE
17 February 2007 (p.m.)
Update 4: Nisshin Maru Fire
JOINT STATEMENT BY DR HIROSHI HATANAKA, DIRECTOR
GENERAL OF ICR
AND MR. KAZUO YAMAMURA, PRESIDENT OF
KYODO SENPAKU
"Today, the crew of the Nisshin Maru were
able to search the area of the vessel
that caught fire.
It is with great sadness they have reported finding the body
of sailor Kazutaka Makita, who succumbed to the effects of
the fire.
"He was located at 08:20 am (local time) on the
second deck close to where the fire
began and quickly
spread throughout that area.
"Mr Makita, 27, was from
Kagoshima Prefecture, south of Kyushu Island. He has
played an important role aboard Nisshin Maru.
"This is
deeply saddening. The Institute of Cetacean Research and
Kyodo Senpaku
express their heartfelt sympathy to Mr
Makita's family,†Dr Hatanaka and Mr.
Yamamura
said.
ENDS
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