New Zealand’s Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) issued an investigation report on the contact of the jet boat ‘Discovery 2’ with Skippers Canyon wall while operating on the Shotover River in February 2019, that injured passengers onboard. The incident stressed that jet boating is a high-risk activity that leaves very little margin for error when navigating at high speeds in narrow channels and rivers.
The incident
On 23 February 2019, the commercial jet boat Discovery 2 was...