Missing Queensland man's parents call for broader search for sunken ship survivors

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Missing Queensland man's parents call for broader search for sunken ship survivors
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Ulrich Orda says a marine expert estimates survivors from the Gulf Livestock 1, which sank near Japan, could be drifting in an area outside the zone searched by Japanese authorities.

She also released video shot by her husband from the bridge of the ship as it battled rough seas hours before it vanished.Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Emma Orda's pleads for authorities to continue the search for her husband and other missing crew.

State Member for Traeger Robbie Katter said there had been little action from the Federal Government since he contacted them on Thursday. "I'm angry — how do you wait four days to send a plane out to look for people that are lost at sea?" Mr Katter said. "And now we know the area that they were searching is most likely the area where the survivors … moved from.Watch"It's not something that you just park up at the weekend, which apparently the Government has done … it's something that you act on straight away.

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