Canadian Safety Regulators Open Probe into Fatal Loss of Titan Submersible
Board (TSB) said it was launching a "safety investigation regarding the circumstances" of Titan's operation because its surface support vessel, the Polar Prince, was a Canadian-flagged ship.A TSB team was dispatched to St. John's, Newfoundland, about 400 miles north of the accident site, to gather information and conduct interviews, the agency said.Guillermo Söhnlein, who co-founded OceanGate with Rush in 2009, said Rush was "keenly aware" of the dangers of exploring the ocean depths."Stockton was one of the most astute risk managers I'd ever met,"
Case Study: Surveying Wrecks around Estonia
ship to shore failed. There was a risk that the vessel would drift further from the shore and so the eight-member crew abandoned ship and headed towards land in boats early morning on August 10. Before heading towards land, the light of Kõpu lighthouse could be seen 10-12 miles S by E from the accident site. Fifteen minutes later the ship sank. Video RS-5271 Jastreb The seiner Jastreb was lost in a storm on 23.11.1973 near Saaremaa island. Video Vega The tugboat Vega was being tugged by another tugboat Zubr and was lost on February 6, 2016 possibly due to
El Faro’s Voyage Data Recorder Recovered
learn more about the condition and contents of the El Faro's VDR. While investigators examine the VDR, additional photo and video documentation of the El Faro wreckage and debris field will be completed today concluding NTSB’s activities at the site. No further missions to the accident site are planned unless warranted as the investigation continues.
New Mission Set to Retrieve El Faro's VDR
its third mission to the wreckage of the El Faro on Friday from Virginia Beach, Virginia. The mission’s primary objective is to retrieve the sunken cargo ship’s voyage data recorder. The Military Sealift Command’s fleet ocean tug USNS Apache is expected to arrive at the accident site around August 9. Along with the NTSB, the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Navy, and Phoenix International are joining the recovery effort, using CURV-21, a deep ocean remotely operated underwater vehicle to retrieve the VDR and conduct additional wreckage documentation. “We’re
El Faro’s Voyage Data Recorder Located
Carolina April 18. The mission platform is the research vessel Atlantis, which is owned by the U.S. Navy and operated by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The next step in the ongoing investigation is to determine how the VDR can be retrieved. The Atlantis will stay at the accident site through April 30 while the team continues the photo- and video-documentation of the sunken ship and debris field before returning to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, on May 5. As part of the mission, the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island assisted investigators in Washington
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