A DUCK Boat that sank in southern Missouri, killing 17 people aboard, has been raised.

Live broadcast footage from KYTV showed a crane that is attached to a barge pulling the Ride the Ducks boat from Table Rock Lake on Monday morning.

A boat pushed it toward the shore.

The National Transportation Safety Board and U.S. Coast Guard are investigating what caused the boat to sink.

The victims, included three children aged seven and younger, died after the amphibious vehicle sank amid the churning waves.

A Missouri law requires boat passengers ages seven and younger to wear life jackets when they’re on the water, but commercial vessels like the duck boat are exempt.

Lt. Tasha Sadowicz of the U.S. Coast Guard says vehicles like duck boats are required only to have enough flotation devices for all passengers and crew, and life jackets that fit every child on board.

An investigation into the cause of the duck boat accident is underway but could take months or longer to complete.

At least one member died from every family aboard a tourist duck boat that sank in Missouri last week, except for a family of nine that all survived.

Mandi Keller says her family’s survival is a “complete miracle.”

The Kansas City Star reports that Keller wasn’t aboard the Ride the Ducks boat when it was swamped during high winds Thursday evening.

Martin says the family all ended up in different places and found safety in different ways.

All the people who were hospitalised after the accident have been released.

Cox Health Center Branson said Sunday night in a tweet that it was “happy to announce” all seven had been discharged. Fourteen survived the accident.

Among those who were hospitalised was Tia Coleman, whose husband, three children and five other relatives died.

The Indianapolis woman told reporters Saturday from the lobby of the hospital that she was alone when she came up for air. She recalled praying “let me get to my babies.”