Crews finish fuel removal after fatal SEACOR Power capsizing

Portable tanks full of diesel fuel drained from the capsized lift boat SEACOR Power.

Salvage crews have completed the removal of diesel fuel from SEACOR Power’s fuel tanks.

Related: Search ends for Seacor Power crew

The commercial lift boat capsized in severe weather 8 miles off the Louisiana Coast in mid-April. Of the 19 passengers and crew on board, six were rescued. Six were recovered deceased and seven were never found.

According to the Coast Guard, crews removed about 20,363 gallons of diesel fuel from the SEACOR Power using the hot tapping method. This involved drilling into...

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