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Captain faces 10 years in jail for fiery deaths of 34 people aboard California scuba boat
Posted on 5/2/24 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 5/2/24 at 2:52 pm
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LOS ANGELES — A scuba dive boat captain was scheduled to be sentenced by a federal judge Thursday on a conviction of criminal negligence after 34 people died in a fire aboard the vessel nearly five years ago.
The Sept. 2, 2019, blaze was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent U.S. history, and prompted changes to maritime regulations, congressional reform and several ongoing lawsuits.
Captain Jerry Boylan was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer last year. The charge is a pre-Civil War statute colloquially known as seaman’s manslaughter that was designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters.
Boylan’s appeal is ongoing. He faces up to 10 years behind bars.
The defense is asking the judge to sentence Boylan to a five-year probationary sentence, with three years to be served under house arrest.
“While the loss of life here is staggering, there can be no dispute that Mr. Boylan did not intend for anyone to die,” his attorneys wrote in a sentencing memo. “Indeed, Mr. Boylan lives with significant grief, remorse, and trauma as a result of the deaths of his passengers and crew.”
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Posted on 5/2/24 at 2:56 pm to John88
only 3.5 months in prison per death? That seems a little light.
This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 2:57 pm
Posted on 5/2/24 at 2:58 pm to John88
Thats crazy. I dont recall this story.
What was the cause of the fire?
What was the cause of the fire?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:00 pm to Splackavellie
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What was the cause of the fire?
I believe lithium batteries being charged.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:01 pm to Splackavellie
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Thats crazy. I dont recall this story.
What was the cause of the fire?
Sinking of MV Conception
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:05 pm to John88
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Thats crazy. I dont recall this story.
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Sept. 2, 2019
I dont either. I guess I was doing something fun that Labor Day, combined with the start of football season distracted me from a major maritime disaster.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:07 pm to John88
Whatever happened with that boat in the midwest on a lake in a terrible storm a few years back and the resulting lawsuits? Your post made me think of that disaster.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:14 pm to John88
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Boylan was the first to abandon ship and jump overboard. Four crew members who joined him also survived.
The Captian was the first to abandon ship. He should be the last. They left those people to die.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:23 pm to VABuckeye
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Whatever happened with that boat in the midwest on a lake in a terrible storm a few years back and the resulting lawsuits? Your post made me think of that disaster.
The Edmund Fitzgerald?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:26 pm to NATidefan
Trying to understand the charge against the captain.
Is the basis of the charge that he was in charge of the boat & crew and they did not have a "roving patrol" while the rest of the passengers were sleeping? And even though it appeared to be a companywide practice to not have one, the captain is required to be knowledgeable of the regulations and therefore is criminally liable?
Also, from the wiki page, it appeared that not having a roving patrol was standard for that company, I am surprised they were able to limit their liability to the value of the vessel after it sank, $0 USD
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On November 6, 2023, the captain, Jerry Nehl Boylan, was found guilty of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship officer, colloquially known as "seaman’s manslaughter".
Is the basis of the charge that he was in charge of the boat & crew and they did not have a "roving patrol" while the rest of the passengers were sleeping? And even though it appeared to be a companywide practice to not have one, the captain is required to be knowledgeable of the regulations and therefore is criminally liable?
Also, from the wiki page, it appeared that not having a roving patrol was standard for that company, I am surprised they were able to limit their liability to the value of the vessel after it sank, $0 USD
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:45 pm to John88
looks like if a movie is made, a skinny paul giamatti can play him
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:48 pm to NATidefan
I have been on a lot of liveabord dive trips. The two big changes since this fire: (1) One of the crew is assigned to serve as night fire watch, and (2) no charging of lithium batteries below unless you are in your room with it.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:51 pm to SloaneRanger
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The two big changes since this fire: (1) One of the crew is assigned to serve as night fire watch
to me it looked like that was already a requirement, but the company/captain ignored that regulation and this is the basis for his charges
Posted on 5/2/24 at 3:52 pm to John88
I knew someone on that boat. She and I dove together a few times while she was working on her Dive Master Cert.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 4:34 pm to Furious
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only 3.5 months in prison per death? That seems a little light.
Bro the well site leaders that got those guys killed on the deep water horizon didn’t get shite.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 4:47 pm to SloaneRanger
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I have been on a lot of liveabord dive trips. The two big changes since this fire: (1) One of the crew is assigned to serve as night fire watch, and (2) no charging of lithium batteries below unless you are in your room with it.
Are they enclosed boats or something?
Posted on 5/2/24 at 4:51 pm to VABuckeye
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Whatever happened with that boat in the midwest on a lake in a terrible storm a few years back and the resulting lawsuits? Your post made me think of that disaster.
YOu are probably thinking about the duck boat that sank in the Ozarks. There were a bunch of civil lawsuits filed and they all settled.
Several people including the captain were charged but the charges were ultimately dismissed.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 4:57 pm to RedlandsTiger
I don't know the details, but I am wondering how 35 people died in a fire on a scuba dive boat? There was scuba equipment aboard... jump over the side maybe? I can understand if there was an explosion that killed people, but if I have 2 seconds or more, I am over the side. I'll take my chances with the sharks or long term exposure. I'm not victim blaming, but I am just wondering how this could kill so many people.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 5:21 pm to RedlandsTiger
quote:at worst he gets a 5 year sentence vs burning alive.
The Captian was the first to abandon ship. He should be the last. They left those people to die.
He might be scum but who wants to go out that way?
This post was edited on 5/2/24 at 5:22 pm
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