Six people rescued after vessel with 11 aboard overturns off Goose Bay near Kaikoura in South Island
Photograph: Naomi HaussmannPhotograph: Naomi HaussmannFive people have died after a charter boat carrying bird enthusiasts capsized inEleven people were aboard the 8.5-metre boat when it capsized on Saturday morning in Goose Bay near the South Island town of Kaikōura, police said. Six people were rescued and five bodies were recovered from inside the vessel by police divers.it was believed the boat collided with a whale. Police said there was a collision but had yet to ascertain its cause.
Mackle said he’d thought in the past about the possibility of a boat and whale colliding, given the number of whales that frequent the region. “It always plays on your mind that it could happen,” he said, adding that he hadn’t heard about any previous such accidents.
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