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The Latest: 5 Britons killed in sinking of Canadian boat

A woman pays her condolences from the First St. dock to passengers of a capsized whale watching boat in Tofino, west coast of Vancouver, Canada, early Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The whale watching boat with 27 people on board sank off Vancouver Island on Sunday, Canadian authorities said. (Chad Hipolit/The Canadian Press via AP) A woman pays her condolences from the First St. dock to passengers of a capsized whale watching boat in Tofino, west coast of Vancouver, Canada, early Monday, Oct. 26, 2015. The whale watching boat with 27 people on board sank off Vancouver Island on Sunday, Canadian authorities said. (Chad Hipolit/The Canadian Press via AP)

By Associated Press October 26, 2015 1 min read

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) – The latest on the deadly sinking of a whale watching boat with 27 people on board off Vancouver Island (all times local):

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6:30 a.m.

British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says five U.K. nationals were killed when a whale watching boat sank off Vancouver Island in western Canada.

Hammond expressed “deep sadness” in a statement and said his thoughts are “with the family and friends of all those affected by this terrible accident.”

One person remains missing after the boat sank on a calm and sunny day off the tourist community of Tofino. Twenty-one people were rescued.