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Rotten squid gas may have killed 3 crewmembers on ill-fated ship
HAMADA, Shimane -- Three crewmembers found dead on a South Korean freighter that washed ashore in Shimane Prefecture on Sunday may have died after inhaling toxic gas generated from rotten squid organs, local Japan Coast Guard (JCG) officials said.
The Hamada Coast Guard Office is questioning the captain of the freighter who survived.
The vessel left a South Korean port last Saturday on a trial operation and ended up running into a breakwater in a fishing port in Ota, Shimane Prefecture, on Sunday, after apparently drifting into the Sea of Japan, according to JCG officials.
Three crewmembers were found dead in two storage rooms of the freighter and its skipper was unconscious in one of the rooms. The three are believed to have died at around 2 p.m. on Saturday. JCG officers found rotten internal squid organs in storage rooms where the three men were found dead.
Investigators suspect that the three crewmembers died from either an oxygen shortage or inhalation of carbon monoxide that had been generated from the rotten squid organs. The coast guard office said carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide were detected in the cabin.
Rotten squid gas may have killed 3 crewmembers on ill-fated ship
HAMADA, Shimane -- Three crewmembers found dead on a South Korean freighter that washed ashore in Shimane Prefecture on Sunday may have died after inhaling toxic gas generated from rotten squid organs, local Japan Coast Guard (JCG) officials said.
The Hamada Coast Guard Office is questioning the captain of the freighter who survived.
The vessel left a South Korean port last Saturday on a trial operation and ended up running into a breakwater in a fishing port in Ota, Shimane Prefecture, on Sunday, after apparently drifting into the Sea of Japan, according to JCG officials.
Three crewmembers were found dead in two storage rooms of the freighter and its skipper was unconscious in one of the rooms. The three are believed to have died at around 2 p.m. on Saturday. JCG officers found rotten internal squid organs in storage rooms where the three men were found dead.
Investigators suspect that the three crewmembers died from either an oxygen shortage or inhalation of carbon monoxide that had been generated from the rotten squid organs. The coast guard office said carbon monoxide and hydrogen sulfide were detected in the cabin.
