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A team of experts from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) returned to their duty stations after an unsuccessful underwater search for the Pura Vida Princess catamaran. As previously reported by The Costa Rica Star:
Three elderly tourists from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom lost their lives at sea while enjoying a catamaran cruise off the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Vice President Ana Helena Chacon held a press conference during which she indicated that 106 passengers were rescued after the catamaran Pura Vida Princess was reported to be taking on water and sinking in the morning of January 8th.
On April 6th, the United States Embassy in Costa Rica published a press release announcing USCG collaboration in the investigation of this terrible accident:
In response to a request from Costa Rican authorities, a team of 7 U.S. Coast Guards experts and divers will arrive this week to assist their Costa Rican counterparts in the safety investigation of the sinking of the Pura Vida Princes catamaran […] the group will work with the Costa Rican Coast Guard to try to establish the causes of the incident and the factors that may have influenced the sinking of the vessel, based on international safety protocols.
The group will include a dive team with special equipment for operating at depths of more than 60 meters.
According to a news report filed by David Delgado of national newspaper La Nacion, the divers were unable to locate the sunken vessel. Colonel Martin Arias of the National Coast Guard Service of Costa Rica explained that the investigative team had high expectations to find the Pura Vida Princess; alas, it was not to be.
Strong underwater currents complicated the work of the divers, who noticed a structure about 600 to 700 meters from the last known surface position of the catamaran; however, they could not get close enough to determine if that was in fact the Pura Vida Princess or some other sunken vessel.
According to the U.S. Embassy, the work of the USCG experts is not over:
The result of this collaboration will be a joint marine vessel casualty safety investigation report, issued within 5-7 months, which will be given to the Costa Rican authorities to help improve the safety of all passengers and passenger vessels in Costa Rica.
