National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report: Sinking of U.S. Small Passenger Vessel El Toro II Near Point Lookout, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, December 5, 1993
National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report: Sinking of U.S. Small Passenger Vessel El Toro II Near Point Lookout, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, December 5, 1993
On December 5, 1993, the U.S. small passenger vessel EL TORO II foundered in rough seas in the Chesapeake Bay. U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy rescue personnel retrieved 23 survivors from the water. As a result of the sinking, three survivors died from the effects of hypothermia. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the EL TORO II sinking was catastrophic flooding resulting from severely corroded hull fasteners that had remained undetected and uncorrected because of the lack of effective policies and procedures for inspecting, maintaining, and/or supplementing the structural integrity of wooden-hulled vessels. Contributing to the loss of lives was the lack of survival craft capable of providing out-of-the-water flotation for the passengers and crew. The major safety issues discussed in this report are the crew decision to embark on the fishing trip; Coast Guard, vessel owner, and industry inspection policies, procedures, and responsibilities for the detection of corroded fasteners on wooden-hull vessels; bilge alarms for wooden-hulled small passenger vessels; survival craft aboard small passenger vessels that provide out-of-the-water flotation for passengers and crew; and adequacy of the Coast Guard utility boat as a rescue vessel.
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National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Report: Sinking of U.S. Small Passenger Vessel El Toro II Near Point Lookout, Maryland, Chesapeake Bay, December 5, 1993
1994
58 pages
Report
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Englisch