NTSB: Engine Room Flooding Leads to Sinking of Fishing Vessel
January 12, 2024
January 12, 2024
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on Jan. 11, 2024:
Uncontrolled flooding through a hole in the plating beneath the engine room of a fishing vessel led to its sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
The commercial fishing vessel Captain Alex was fishing offshore of Galveston, Texas on Nov. 25, 2022, when the vessel began flooding. The four crewmembers on board . . .
Uncontrolled flooding through a hole in the plating beneath the engine room of a fishing vessel led to its sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
The commercial fishing vessel Captain Alex was fishing offshore of Galveston, Texas on Nov. 25, 2022, when the vessel began flooding. The four crewmembers on board . . .