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NTSB to Meet in December to Deter- mine Cause of Fatal Cargo Ship Sinking WASHINGTON (Sept. 12, 2017) — The National Transportation Safety Board plans to meet Dec. 12, 2017, in Washington to determine the probable cause of the October 2015 sinking of the cargo ship El Faro in the Atlantic Ocean.
The 790-foot vessel set sail from Jack-
sonville, Florida, on a voyage to San Juan, Puerto Rico, Sept. 29, 2015, and sank about 34 hours later near the eye of Hurricane Joaquin. All 33 crewmembers aboard the ship perished in the accident. The NTSB launched an investigation
as soon as the sinking was confi rmed and with assistance from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, the wreckage and debris fi eld was located Oct. 31, 2015, more than 15,000 feet under the surface of the sea.
Investigators focused on recovering a
crucial piece of evidence from the wreckage – the voyage data recorder (VDR), which contained more than 26 hours of audio re- corded from the El Faro’s navigation bridge. The VDR was not located during the fi rst voyage to fi nd the El Faro’s wreckage. The VDR was located during the second mission in April 2016, which was supported by the National Science Foundation. However, the VDR was not recovered until the third mission in August 2016, which was support- ed by the U.S. Navy. The 500-page VDR transcript was placed in the El Faro acci- dent docket, where it is among more than 16,000 pages of factual reports, interview transcripts and related documents. In addition to determining the probable
cause of the sinking and any factors that may have contributed to the accident, the Board
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is expected to vote on recommendations to address safety issues uncovered during the investigation. The meeting is scheduled to be held
in the NTSB Board Room and Conference Center, 429 L’Enfant Plaza SW, Washing- ton, D.C., beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET Dec. 12. The board meeting is open to the public and media and will be webcast live at http://
ntsb.capitolconnection.org/.
Coast Guard announces Piscataqua
River closure near Sarah Mildred Long Bridge
BOSTON — The Piscataqua River, in the vicinity of the Sarah Mildred Long Bridge in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, will be closed to all marine traffi c for a 10-day period from 6 a.m. on Oct. 17, 2017 to approximately 6 a.m. on Oct. 27, 2017. The river closure will enable Maine
Department of Transportation (ME DOT) and Cianbro Construction to install the new lift span across the main shipping channel and is necessary to provide for the safety of all waterway users and construction workers during the operation. The Coast Guard has attended multiple
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stakeholder meetings hosted by ME-DOT where commercial users of the river have been notifi ed of the upcoming closure. Addi- tionally, the Coast Guard will announce the closure with a Broadcast Notice to Mariners and will also conduct direct outreach to the recreational and commercial waterway us- ers in the area. The waterway closure dates will also be published in the weekly First District Local Notice to Mariners. Mariners who have questions, com-
ments, or concerns about the planned wa- terway closure are encouraged to contact Lt.
Matthew Odom, Coast Guard Sector North- ern New England, Waterways Management Division Chief, at Matthew.T.Odom@uscg. mil or (207) 347-5015.
Coast Guard monitors recovery of sunk- en boat in Boston Harbor
BOSTON — A Coast Guard pollution re- sponse team is overseeing the recovery of the 65-foot workboat King Triton Thursday after it sank at its mooring Tuesday morning in Boston Harbor. No people were aboard at the time of the
sinking and no pollution has been observed. King Triton was reported to have 250
gallons of diesel onboard in closed tanks. There have been no indications of leaks from these tanks. A commercial salvage company was
contracted by the owners of the King Triton to place containment boom around the area and to recover the boat. The cause of the sinking is under inves-
tigation.
Coast Guard medevacs fi sherman 75 miles East of Chatham, Mass.
BOSTON — A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod helicopter crew medevaced a 50-year-old man Saturday afternoon from 75 miles off the coast of Chatham. At around 2:20 p.m. the captain of the
92-foot fi shing vessel Gabby G reported one of his crewmembers was experiencing chest pains and requested a medevac. A Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod
MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew launched to assist, and arrived on scene at around 4 p.m. They hoisted the patient to the heli- copter and brought him to Massachusetts General Hospital at around 5:40 p.m. The Gabby G is homeported out of
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