NTSB to report on 2008 sinking of Alaska Ranger fishing vessel that killed 5 in Bering SeaSeptember 30th, 2009 Feds looks at sinking of Alaska fishing vesselWASHINGTON — A federal safety agency is set to issue a report on why an Alaska fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea last year, killing five of 47 crew members. The Alaska Ranger sank in March 2008 west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.
Investigators believe rudder loss led fishing boat to sink off Alaska coast in 2008, killing 5September 30th, 2009 Feds: Rudder loss led Alaska fishing boat to sinkWASHINGTON — A fishing boat that sank off the Alaska coast last year most likely lost its rudder, then flooded and went down, killing five crew members, federal safety officials said Wednesday. The National Transportation Safety Board said the 35-year-old boat did not have internal controls that would have prevented flooding in the so-called rudder room from spreading into other areas of the 189-foot vessel.
NY divers resume search for 2 victims from plane-helicopter collision that killed 9August 11th, 2009 Divers back in the water at NY collision siteHOBOKEN, N.J. — Divers are back in New York's Hudson River around the site where a plane and sightseeing helicopter collided over the weekend, killing nine people.
Report: South Korean fishing boat taken to North KoreaJuly 30th, 2009 Report: SKorean fishing boat taken to NKoreaSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea seized a South Korean fishing boat early Thursday after it accidentally crossed the countries' sea border, a news report said. Yonhap news agency quoted a Defense Ministry official as saying that the incident took place at about 6:30 a.m.
Passing ship, Coast Guard help rescue 3 who escaped injury while fleeing burning boat off NJJuly 19th, 2009 3 rescued off NJ coast after fleeing burning boatBARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. — Three crew members who used a lifeboat to flee their burning vessel off New Jersey's coast have been pulled to safety by workers aboard a passing ship.
Coast Guard helicopter crew rescues 2 men on board disabled skiff off remote Alaska islandsJune 22nd, 2009 Coast Guard saves 2 from disabled skiff in AlaskaJUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard helicopter crew has rescued two men on board a disabled 15-foot skiff adrift in Alaska's remote western Aleutian Islands. Coast Guard Chief Steve Harrison in Juneau says the men were hoisted by basket into the helicopter Sunday night and taken to a clinic in Adak for evaluation.
Coast Guard review says response to deadly sinking of fishing boat off Mass. coast was slowJune 12th, 2009 Coast Guard: Response to Mass. sinking was slowGLOUCESTER, Mass.
New device helps divers find their wayMay 8th, 2009 SYDNEY - Exitpoint, a small, wearable, safety device, helps divers find their way back to their boat or their diving buddy at any time during a dive. Exitpoint is a concept for a sonar navigation and early warning system, designed by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) industrial design graduate Tom Fraser.
Official: Error on beacon registration delayed NJ fishing boat search; 6 diedMay 8th, 2009 Error may have delayed search in NJ fishing deathsCAPE MAY, N.J. — An improperly recorded registration number for an emergency radio beacon — off by just one digit — delayed the search for a sinking scallop boat by nearly an hour and a half, a federal search analyst testified Thursday.
Sole survivor from NJ scallop boat sinking says he supports theory that gear became snaggedMay 5th, 2009 NJ boat sinking survivor: Tangled gear possibleCAPE MAY, N.J. — The sole survivor from a scallop boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey says he agrees with a lawyer's theory that the vessel's fishing gear might have become tangled, pulling the boat down.
Autopsy results show captain, crew member on scallop boat that sank off NJ had used marijuanaMay 5th, 2009 Autopsy: NJ boat's captain had used marijuanaCAPE MAY, N.J. — Autopsy results show the captain and one crew member aboard a scallop boat that sank off the New Jersey coast in March had used marijuana.
Sole survivor from scallop boat that sank off New Jersey tells panel wood plank saved his lifeMay 5th, 2009 NJ boat's sole survivor says wood plank saved lifeCAPE MAY, N.J. — The sole survivor from a scallop boat that sank off the coast of New Jersey says a wooden plank saved his life.
Lawyer: Scallop boat that sank off NJ, killing 6, may have tangled its dredging gearMay 4th, 2009 Lawyer: Tangled gear may have doomed boat off NJCAPE MAY, N.J. — A scallop boat that sank in March, killing six people, might have been doomed when its dredging gear got tangled with another boat or something on the sea floor, the boat owner's lawyer said Monday.
Freighter rams, splits wooden junk near Taiwan; 11 sailors rescuedApril 27th, 2009 Freighter rams wooden ship off Taiwan, 11 rescuedHONOLULU — Relatives of Hawaii-based crew members of a 54-foot wooden Chinese ship say a freighter rammed and sunk the ship off the coast of Taiwan and that 11 crew members were rescued. Relatives said crew members clung to floating wreckage for five hours Saturday in a storm 20 to 30 miles offshore from Taiwan before they were picked up.
26 crew of detained Pakistani trawlers being questionedFebruary 1st, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A day after the Indian Coast Guard apprehended four Pakistani fishing boats off the Gujarat coast, the 26 crew members were Monday handed over to police for interrogation, an official said. Wing Commander Satish Menon told IANS that the Coast Guard vessel 'Tarabai' had apprehended the four Pakistani fishing boats - 'al Imran', 'al Basheer', 'Bismillah' and 'Abdullah' - Sunday evening off Jakhau coast following a tip-off about the boats being in Indian waters.
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