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NTSB: Recordings show change in weather before duck boat sank, plus detailed timeline
Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:43 pm
Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:43 pm
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The findings, though, paint a chilling picture of the final few minutes before the boat went under.
The captain and driver boarded the vessel at 6:27 p.m. The excursion begins on land at a terminal in Branson. Normally, the vessel tours the popular country music and entertainment community first before going to the lake for about a 20-minute boat ride. The driver drives the vehicle on land, and the captain takes over on the water.
But the video recordings show that at 6:28 p.m., someone briefly stepped onto the rear of the vehicle and told the crew to take the water portion of the tour first. A minute later, with passengers boarding, the captain made a reference to looking at the weather radar prior to the trip.
The vessel arrived at the lake a few minutes before 7 p.m. and the captain briefed passengers on the location of emergency exits and life jackets, then demonstrated use of life jackets and pointed out the location of life rings.
The vessel entered the water around 6:55 p.m. at a time when the water appeared calm, the NTSB said. In fact, over the next five minutes the captain allowed four different children to sit in the driver's seat.
But suddenly just after 7 p.m., whitecaps rapidly appeared on the water and winds increased, the NTSB said. The captain returned to the driver's seat.
The driver lowered plastic side curtains and at 7:01 p.m. the captain made a comment about the storm.
At 7:03 p.m. the captain made a call on a handheld radio but the content was unintelligible. A minute late, an electronic tone associated with the bilge alarm activated, until about a minute later when the captain reached down and the alarm stopped.
The captain made another call on a handheld radio at 7:05 but the content was again unintelligible.
Over the next couple of minutes, water splashed inside the passenger compartment.
At 7:07 p.m. an electronic tone associated with the bilge alarm activated again.
At 7:08 p.m. the inward-facing video recording ended as the vessel was still on the surface of the water.
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Video and audio recordings from a fatal tourist boat accident in Missouri show that the lake went from calm to deadly dangerous in a matter of minutes,
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The findings, though, paint a chilling picture of the final few minutes before the boat went under.
The captain and driver boarded the vessel at 6:27 p.m. The excursion begins on land at a terminal in Branson. Normally, the vessel tours the popular country music and entertainment community first before going to the lake for about a 20-minute boat ride. The driver drives the vehicle on land, and the captain takes over on the water.
But the video recordings show that at 6:28 p.m., someone briefly stepped onto the rear of the vehicle and told the crew to take the water portion of the tour first. A minute later, with passengers boarding, the captain made a reference to looking at the weather radar prior to the trip.
The vessel arrived at the lake a few minutes before 7 p.m. and the captain briefed passengers on the location of emergency exits and life jackets, then demonstrated use of life jackets and pointed out the location of life rings.
The vessel entered the water around 6:55 p.m. at a time when the water appeared calm, the NTSB said. In fact, over the next five minutes the captain allowed four different children to sit in the driver's seat.
But suddenly just after 7 p.m., whitecaps rapidly appeared on the water and winds increased, the NTSB said. The captain returned to the driver's seat.
The driver lowered plastic side curtains and at 7:01 p.m. the captain made a comment about the storm.
At 7:03 p.m. the captain made a call on a handheld radio but the content was unintelligible. A minute late, an electronic tone associated with the bilge alarm activated, until about a minute later when the captain reached down and the alarm stopped.
The captain made another call on a handheld radio at 7:05 but the content was again unintelligible.
Over the next couple of minutes, water splashed inside the passenger compartment.
At 7:07 p.m. an electronic tone associated with the bilge alarm activated again.
At 7:08 p.m. the inward-facing video recording ended as the vessel was still on the surface of the water.
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when the bilge alarm went off, it would be a sign that, "There's a significant amount of water in the hull." "It just wasn't getting evacuated," said Steve Paul,
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Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:45 pm to East Coast Band
Great Breakdown
Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:49 pm to East Coast Band
Very sad to hear. This is heartbreaking, especially after hearing a number of the people involved where from one family.
It sounds like at least the captain was trying to Ben proactive somewhat but we don't get a full picture.
The alarm was activated within 10 minutes of getting in the water?
Too damn fast.
It sounds like at least the captain was trying to Ben proactive somewhat but we don't get a full picture.
The alarm was activated within 10 minutes of getting in the water?
Too damn fast.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 10:50 pm to East Coast Band
I don’t understand how you don’t have enough time to put on life jackets. That doesn’t make sense to me no matter how fast the storm came on the boat.
Posted on 7/27/18 at 11:40 pm to East Coast Band
I saw tweets showing the Nad stuff heading right for that town an hour before the accident.
The weather may have drastically changed in minutes but it seems they should have known it was coming based on the forecast.
The weather may have drastically changed in minutes but it seems they should have known it was coming based on the forecast.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 6:19 pm to shel311
Any new news?
I saw where they viewed the first video.
I saw where they viewed the first video.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 6:23 pm to Colonel Flagg
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I don’t understand how you don’t have enough time to put on life jackets
Putting on life jackets in an enclosed space is a death sentence.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 6:25 pm to Bmath
Sounds like a the death sentence was what happened. So, maybe life jackets would have helped.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 6:28 pm to Bmath
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Putting on life jackets in an enclosed space is a death sentence.
The fact that it's an enclosed space is the problem. If you're taking on water and can't get rid of it fast enough, people could have bailed out of the windows with life jackets on.
Posted on 7/28/18 at 6:29 pm to Colonel Flagg
Life jackets or not, I'm just wondering how you get out of that boat in such a situation.
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