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The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is crediting a heads-up crew and early communication with the Coast Guard for saving lives during last year’s sinking of the fishing vessel Rebecca Mary.
The NTSB on Tuesday issued Marine Accident Brief 21/12 detailing its investigation into the accident, which occurred about 40 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
The report said that around 4 a.m. on June 17, 2020, after a bilge alarm sounded, a deckhand on board the vessel noticed the port aft corner of the fish-laden vessel was taking waves over the gunwale, or upper edge of the vessel’s side. Seawater was accumulating on the aft deck – and over the top of the hatch to the lazarette, the aft-most under-deck compartment. The hatch was equipped with a cover that could not be latched closed. With the situation deteriorating, the crew donned their survival suits.
2021-05-25 06:05:49 GMT2021-05-25 14:05:49(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
LOS ANGELES, May 24 (Xinhua) A pilot was killed after a military plane crashed near Las Vegas in the western U.S. state of Nevada, authorities said on Monday.
A contracted-aircraft that took off from Nellis Air Force Base crashed at approximately 2:30 p.m. local time (2130 GMT) outside the southern edge of the base, said the base in a statement.
The aircraft was owned, operated and piloted by Draken U.S., a Florida-based company contracted to provide adversary air support to Nellis Air Force Base, according to the statement.
Officials said the pilot s identity has not yet been released and no other personnel were on board.
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Experts say the positive outcome of the collision was a combination of luck and advanced life-saving technology. “It’s very rare for me to be able to say ‘midair’ and ‘no fatalities’ in the same sentence,” said Joseph LoRusso, an aviation attorney and commercially rated pilot. The damage to the Metroliner s rear fuselage was in the “perfect location,” said Anthony Brickhouse, an associate professor of aerospace and occupational safety at the Daytona Beach, Florida campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. “If it was the flight deck: Bad outcome. The wings: Bad outcome. The tail: Bad outcome. It happened in the perfect place for the pilot to make it down,” he said.