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Public meeting to open investigation on Alaska Ranger sinking

Investigators are holding a public meeting tomorrow in Dutch Harbor as part of a probe into the sinking of a fishing boat in the Bering Sea.

Four people aboard the Alaska Ranger died in the tragedy this weekend and a fifth person's body was never recovered.

The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are pursuing separate investigations of the sinking.

Coast Guard spokeswoman Sara Francis says the meeting with the Marine Board of Investigation will be headed by Coast Guard Captain Michael Rand.

Rand will be flying up from headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Coast Guard Lieutenant Eric Eggan says the meeting agenda includes a reconstruction of events, the operation and maintenance history of the vessel and how to prevent such incidents in the future.

(Associated Press)

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