Crews start removing fuel after deadly SEACOR Power capsizing

Salvage divers transport a hose to the SEACOR Power fuel tank to start removing the fuel.

Contracted salvage crews started removing fuel from SEACOR Power’s fuel tanks Monday, after spending the weekend arriving on the scene and becoming familiar with the equipment.

The commercial lift boat capsized April 13, 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. It was contracted to Tallus Energy to conduct oil well work. Of the 19 passengers and crew on the SEACOR Power, six were rescued,  five were found dead and eight remain missing. About a week after the capsizing, the Coast Guard called...

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