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Ineffective oversight named probable cause of Conception fire; NTSB calls for safety changes

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WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) found the probable cause of the fire onboard Conception was the failure of Truth Aquatics Inc. – the vessel’s owner – to provid
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4 Responses

  1. So . . . Now what happens to Truth Aquatics and all their employees? Will they be forced into bankruptcy? I’m sure the civil damages will greatly exceed their insurance coverage. Regardless, it’s too bad. I’ve been on their boats and the dives were excellent. If they had only one crew member awake . . . . .

  2. A person sleeping in the bunkroom is roving? In my opinion that is a stretch of both language and imagination.

  3. Seems that the CG should have some culpability. Boat passed all CG inspection? How rigorous are these inspections? Wonder if somebody radioed the inspection reports.

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