ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - The Coast Guard says four crew members are dead after a Seattle-based fishing boat began sinking off Alaska's Dutch Harbor.
Coast Guard Lt. Eric Eggan says 43 other crew members who abandoned ship early Sunday have been recovered safely.
Eggan says all are heading to Dutch Harbor in a Coast Guard cutter and a sister ship of the 184-foot Alaska Ranger. The vessel began taking on water shortly before 3 a.m. after losing control of its rudder 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor.
Eggan says it's unknown how or when the four died. The identities of the dead are also unknown.
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