An incorrectly installed section of main engine fuel oil return tubing led to an engine room fire aboard a containership off the coast of Santa Barbara, California, the National Transportation Safety Board says,
The ship involved was the 984-foot long, 7,471 TEU, U.S.-flagged President Eisenhower, managed by APL Maritime. On April 28, 2021, it was transiting through the Santa Barbara Channel with a crew of 22, when at about 1.45 a.m. local time, a crewmember on watch noticed smoke coming from an...