3.2.2 Situations of Weather and Marine Phenomena
According to 2.7, it is considered probable that the weather was fine with good visibility at the time
when the accident occurred, the wind was a west-southwest wind with a velocity of 10.2 m/s, and
the tide was at the time of low water. It is considered probable that the current was flowing
east-southeast with a flow velocity of approximately 4.3kn at around the bend section of the Akashi
Kaikyo Traffic Route.