NTSB renews call for passenger vessel SMS after Boston fire

NTSB renews call for passenger vessel SMS after Boston fire

(WASHINGTON) — An improperly extinguished chafing fuel heating canister, canned heat used to keep food and beverages warm, led to a fire on the passenger vessel Spirit of Boston last year while moored at the Commonwealth Pier in Boston Harbor, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday. As a result of the investigation, the NTSB issued four new safety…
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NTSB: More progress needed three years after Conception fire

NTSB: More progress needed three years after Conception fire

(WASHINGTON) — Three years after the fire aboard the Conception dive boat, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says more progress is needed on the safety recommendations it issued as a result of the investigation. Conception was anchored in Platts Harbor, off Santa Cruz Island, Calif., when it caught fire in the early morning of Sept. 2, 2019. The vessel…
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