Tag: fatality onboard

In February 2017, one of the nitrogen cylinders of a stored energy system onboard exploded while being topped up to maintain the correct pressure. A crew member died as a result of the explosion. The findings of the investigation indicate that significant corrosion affected the structural integrity of the cylinder.

As Maritime New Zealand informed, a kayaker who was fishing on a Southland river lost his life when he was dragged by the current out to sea across a gravel bar. Maritime New Zealand analyzes the incident and proposes lessons to be learned. This man did not follow many basic safety precautions.

On 12 November 2017, a deckhand on the fishing vessel Illustris entered the water after probably falling overboard. He had spent the afternoon and evening ashore and had just returned to the vessel. Although the deckhand’s fall was not witnessed, postmortem examination report indicated high level of alcohol.

EMSA issued key figures of marine casualties reported to EMCIP (European Marine Casualty Information Platform) for the second quarter of 2018. The charts reveal a drop in overall occurrences reported, both compared to the previous quarter of 2018, as well as to same period in 2017.

The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary report on the sinking of the amphibious passenger vessel Stretch Duck 7, on July 19, 2018. The report does not include any conclusions but provides a recap of the accident and the investigations that followed.

Another hit-and-run incident was reported off Kochi, India, after an unidentified merchant vessel hit the fishing vessel 'Oceanic' off Kerala in the early morning hours of Tuesday and left without providing assistance. Three people were killed and nine are missing as a result from the collision.

A panel responsible for the investigation the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster, did not find the exact cause of the ship's sinking, after an effort that lasted a year. This was announced on Monday, August 6, leaving many issues unanswered for one of South Korea's worst maritime tragedies.

13 people, who drowned in 2017, might be alive today if they had been wearing a lifejacket or buoyancy aid, according to this year’s Casualty Review Panel. The panel meets annually to discuss the previous year’s appropriate maritime fatalities and whether those who died might have survived had they been wearing a lifejacket.

A man lost his life on the Davidson Glacier River near Haines, Alaska, after a canoe with 11 people on board capsized on Monday, July 30. The canoe was being used as a guided tour of Glacier Point for passengers from three different cruise ships. The remaining passengers were rescued.

The US Coast Guard released the Certificate of Inspection for the 'Stretch Duck 07', the amphibious tour boat that sunk in Table Rock Lake, Missouri on July 19, killing 17. The COI reports operational limitations which may have been exceeded while the voyage took place.