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The U.S. Coast Guard was preparing on Monday morning to recover the "duck boat" that sank beneath storm-whipped waves in a Missouri lake last week, drowning 17 people in one of the deadliest tourist accidents in the United States in years. After raising the World War Two-style amphibious landing craft from Table Rock Lake outside the popular vacation town of Branson, the Coast Guard said, it will hand boat over to federal investigators.
A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17 people during a sudden storm. Steve Paul, owner of the Test Drive Technologies inspection service in St. Louis, said he issued a written report for the company in August 2017.
Alfredo Malagon counts among his many prized possessions a replica of the shrimp boat that brought him to the United States during the 1980 Mariel boatlift. "Some days I look at that boat and I'm 10 years old and crossing the Florida Straits with my parents.
A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17 people during a sudden storm. Steve Paul, owner of the Test Drive Technologies inspection service in the St. Louis area, said he issued a written report for the company in August.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended the search for a missing sailor Saturday evening on Lake Michigan, some seven hours after he fell off a yacht that had just started the Chicago Yacht Club Race to Mackinac. Approximately 20 boats and three helicopters from Coast Guard, Chicago Fire, Chicago Police and Chicago Yacht Club covered searched 47 square miles.
A private inspector said Saturday that he warned the company operating duck boats on a Missouri lake about design flaws putting the watercraft at greater risk of sinking, less than a year before the accident that killed 17 people during a sudden storm. Steve Paul, owner of the Test Drive Technologies inspection service in St. Louis, said he issued a written report for the company in August 2017.
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Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says emergency responders and civilian rescuers helped prevent an even worse tragedy after a duck boat capsized on a lake and killed 17 people. Parson spent Friday in the Branson area after the boat sank Thursday evening on Table Rock Lake amid high winds.
In this July 10, 2018 photo, Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescue people after a float plane crashed southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island.
The body of a woman who fell out of a racing sailboat during a practice on the Corsica River between Queen Anne's and Kent counties on Friday night was found nearby Sunday morning by a good Samaritan while crews searched the area, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police. Stephanie Meredith, 35, of Easton was one of 17 people aboard the log canoe when it capsized on a sharp turn before dark Friday night, said Candy Thomson, a Natural Resources Police spokeswoman.
The United States Coast Guard medevaced an 80-year-old passenger from a cruise ship 150 miles off the Wilmington coast Thursday. According to Coast Guard officials, their 5th district command center was contacted by the crew of the cruise ship, Adventure of the Seas, requesting assistance after the female passenger reportedly had a stroke and need medical care.
Emergency responders assist a passenger in Ketchikan, Alaska, Tuesday, July 10, 2018, after the crash of a Taquan Air float plane on Prince of Wales Island's Mt. Jumbo.
All the people aboard a plane that... . Emergency responders assist a passenger injured in a crash of a Taquan Air plane in mountainous terrain on Prince of Wales Island Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Ketchikan, Alaska.
In this July 10, 2018 photo, Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crews rescue people after a float plane crashed southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska, on Prince of Wales Island. All the people aboard a plane that crashed Tuesday have been rescued in mountainous terrain, officials said.
Orolia's McMurdo SmartFind G8 AIS Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon has been approved by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada . The world's first EPIRB to contain both the international 406 MHz alert frequency and the localized rescue power of the Automatic Identification System , the McMurdo SmartFind G8 AIS is now ready to order for leisure and commercial maritime use across the U.S. and Canada, following the earlier approval of the SmartFind G8 product family portfolio in Europe.
Inpex said it expects to ship first cargo from its Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Australia by the end of September after safety issues have been resolved, maintaining an earlier schedule. The Inpex-operated Ichthys LNG project carried out an inspection mainly on electrical equipment during the process of final safety verifications in cooperation with Australian regulators , in preparation for the start-up of production.
The United States has decided to impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of imports from China after efforts to negotiate a solution to the trade dispute failed to reach an agreement, senior administration officials said on Tuesday. U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said the United States would impose tariffs of 10 percent on the additional Chinese imports.
A cruise ship pilot with a keen eye spotted three kayakers in trouble last Thursday, July 5 on Clapperton Island in the North Channel, calling the Canadian Coast Guard in Trenton with the trio's whereabouts, aiding in their safe rescue courtesy of the United States Coast Guard that same evening. Captain Rory Grant, a pilot aboard the cruise ship Victory I, was piloting the ship around Clapperton when he noticed a great deal of smoke coming from the north tip of the island.
Emergency responders assist a passenger injured in a crash of a Taquan Air plane in mountainous terrain on Prince of Wales Island Tuesday, July 10, 2018, in Ketchikan, Alaska. All nearly a dozen passengers on board survived the incident, and were flown to Ketchikan aboard Temsco helicopters and transferred for medical care.