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re: Captain faces 10 years in jail for fiery deaths of 34 people aboard California scuba boat
Posted on 5/2/24 at 5:27 pm to idlewatcher
Posted on 5/2/24 at 5:27 pm to idlewatcher
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Are they enclosed boats or something?
The liveaboards are.
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Posted on 5/2/24 at 5:39 pm to nealnan8
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I don't know the details, but I am wondering how 35 people died in a fire on a scuba dive boat? There was scuba equipment aboard... jump over the side maybe?
If I remember what I read correctly they were all below deck and their phones/batteries were all charging in the same place. When the fire happened they were blocked from going anywhere.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 6:10 pm to putt23
Didn't it happen at night?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 9:31 pm to junkfunky
I remember this tragedy. Lithium chargers and faulty wiring from what I can gather. Are there no smoke alarms? How is this the captain’s fault? Just questions I’ve had.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 10:04 pm to Loup
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The Edmund Fitzgerald
I hope you’re kidding .
Posted on 5/2/24 at 10:06 pm to nealnan8
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I don't know the details, but I am wondering how 35 people died in a fire on a scuba dive boat? There was scuba equipment aboard... jump over the side maybe? I can understand if there was an explosion that killed people, but if I have 2 seconds or more, I am over the side. I'll take my chances with the sharks or long term exposure. I'm not victim blaming, but I am just wondering how this could kill so many people
Enclosed cabin. There must be an auxiliary hatch to evacuate the cabin but it was dogged down from the exterior. The fire was between the bunks and the only other way out.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 10:20 pm to XenScott
I didn’t read the full article. Did he make efforts to rescue them or did he just bail?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 10:20 pm to Gee Grenouille
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Bro the well site leaders that got those guys killed on the deep water horizon didn’t get shite.
Why can’t both be true at the same time?
Posted on 5/3/24 at 1:12 am to Splackavellie
Could they not have just dove in the water to avoid catching on fire? Don't know about yall but if a major fire is on a boat, I'm diving in water. Unless it was an explosion that engulfed them before they could react.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 1:46 am to Saunson69
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ould they not have just dove in the water to avoid catching on fire?
The fire was between where they were and the water. They were below deck and died of smoke inhalation.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 2:13 am to John88
How does the captain live but 34 people burn to death? What happened to going down with your ship
Absolutely should see serious jail time
Absolutely should see serious jail time
Posted on 5/3/24 at 4:27 am to John88
:yikes:
Posted on 5/3/24 at 6:09 am to Barrister
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Barrister
I work with the father of the female deckhand that died. What a long process this has been.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 6:14 am
Posted on 5/3/24 at 6:27 am to nealnan8
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I don't know the details, but I am wondering how 35 people died in a fire on a scuba dive boat? There was scuba equipment aboard... jump over the side maybe? I can understand if there was an explosion that killed people, but if I have 2 seconds or more, I am over the side. I'll take my chances with the sharks or long term exposure. I'm not victim blaming, but I am just wondering how this could kill so many people.
The boat was anchored overnight. 33 passengers and 1 crew member were sleeping below deck when a fire broke out shortly after 3 a.m. Five crew members (including the captain) whose sleeping quarters were on the top deck, survived while everyone else on board died.
It was probably too late to save the below deck people.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 6:37 am to Willie Stroker
You guys need to read the link on page one, it explains exactly how they all died.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 6:51 am to John88
For some reason I don't recall this story.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 7:03 am to Loup
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The Edmund Fitzgerald?
I love Edmund Fitzgerald’s voice
Posted on 5/3/24 at 7:41 am to NATidefan
I was in Santa Barbara last week. Could have been me.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 7:44 am to Splackavellie
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What was the cause of the fire?
Too many people plugging their phones in.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 7:51 am to footswitch
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"I hate the term accident in this case because, in my opinion, it is not an accident if you fail to operate your company safely", and NTSB Chairman Robert Sumwalt admonished Truth Aquatics to "clean up your act."[80] In the report synopsis, the NTSB also concluded "Truth Aquatics had been deviating from required safe practices for some time" and added that "Truth Aquatics provided ineffective safety oversight of its vessels' operations", based on observations of existing unsafe practices, including the lack of a roving patrol, failure to train the crew, and failure to hold emergency drills.
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Uncredentialed deckhands were allowed to direct movement of the vessel, contradicting Subchapter T regulations. New crewmembers were not required to read and understand emergency procedures prior to getting underway. Fire drills were not held regularly. Passenger briefings were not conducted as soon as possible after leaving port. Collectively, the NTSB called it "a habitual disregard for rules, policies, and procedures" and the resulting normalization of deviance could have been discovered earlier if Truth Aquatics "had been actively engaged in ensuring the safe practices required by regulations were being followed".
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 7:53 am
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