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The US NTSB has released its report into the Sinking of the
Bounty
A
captain's "reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of
Hurricane Sandy" was the probable cause of the sinking of a ship off the
North Carolina coast in October 2012, the National Transportation Safety Board
said in a report released today. The captain and one crewmember died in the
accident. Three other crewmembers were seriously injured
The 16-page report details how a mostly inexperienced crew -
some injured from falls, others seasick and fatigued from the constant
thrashing of 30-foot seas - struggled for many hours to keep the ships engines
running and bilge pumps operating so the seawater filling the vessel would not
overtake it.
In the early morning hours of October 29, 2012, about110 miles southeast of Cape
Hatteras, N.C., the Bounty heeled sharply to the starboard side after
taking on more than 10 feet
of water in the final hours of a three and a half day voyage that the NTSB
said, "should never have been attempted."
Despite hurricane winds gusting upwards of100 mph , the U.S. Coast Guard was
able to rescue all but two of the Bounty's 16 crewmembers by hoisting
them from the sea into three Jayhawk helicopters in the midst of the storm. The
body of one crewmember was found, still in a protective immersion suit, about
10 hours after rescue operations had commenced. The captain was presumed lost
at sea; his body was never recovered.
In the early morning hours of October 29, 2012, about
Despite hurricane winds gusting upwards of
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