Meeting in Alaska to discuss sinking of fishing boat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Investigators plan a public meeting on Friday in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, as part of a probe into the sinking of a fishing boat in the Bering Sea.

Four people aboard the Alaska Ranger died last 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 Coast Guard Capt. Michael Rand, from headquarters in Washington, D.C., will head the meeting with the Marine Board of Investigation on Friday.

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