The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in October will disclose the results of its investigation of the Sept. 2, 2019 fatal fire aboard the dive boat Conception that killed 33 passengers and one crew.
All six crew members were asleep when the fire started on the 75’x25′ wooden hulled boat off Santa Cruz Island, Calif., the NTSB said in a preliminary report. The Certificate of Inspection (COI) for the vessel built in 1981 requires a roving watch, according to the Coast Guard, which said...