One Dead, Six/Seven Missing – Baja, CA

Monday, July four, 2011 nine:02 AM EDT

About six missing following boat capsizes off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula

By IB Times Employees Reporter

A approximately a hundred-foot-long chartered boat known as the Erik, carrying 44 travelers largely Americans on board, capsized off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula following it was struck by an electrical storm on Sunday.

The accident occurred off Punta Bufeo, in the vicinity of Puertecitos, 87 miles (140 kilometers) south of the northern town of San Felipe, on the Baja California peninsula, Fox News explained.

Mexican and U.S. officials presented a bit various figures for how many individuals have been on board. One man or woman was drowned and six other people are even now missing, authorities told Associated Press on Monday.

The boat was carrying 43 men and women, such as 27 Americans. 37 individuals have been accounted for, including all the Americans, but 6 people are missing, Petty Officer Pamela Boehland of the U.S. Coast Guard informed CNN.

Nevertheless, San Felipe Naval Commander Jorge Bustos told CNN that the boat had 44 individuals on board, of whom 36 have been found — and a single is dead, although seven are still missing.

The boat was operated by the tourism organization Baja Fishing. The tourist ship left the port of San Felipe on the Sea of Cortez, a haven for windsurfers and sports activities fishermen, on Saturday but was struck by an electrical storm and capsized the next day, port officials and the navy informed Reuters.

The boat was found 87 miles south of San Filipe, Mexico, in the Sea of Cortez, an location normally known for its scuba diving and activity fishing, in accordance to AP. The U.S. Coast Guard released a helicopter from San Diego, California to assist search for the lacking.

&quotWe are even now searching for the relaxation of the people. Weather conditions conditions had been normal when the boat set sail on Saturday. The climate is truly bad proper now, with strong wind,&quot nearby port official Felipe Vallecillo told Reuters.