Flooding into the lazarette, a compartment below the main deck, or port void (empty) space, was the probable cause of the capsizing and sinking of the 1998-built, 53-feet long fishing vessel Hotspur near Nunez Rocks, Alaska in August 2022, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has found. The Hotspur began listing to port on…
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