Lessons Learned: Parting of Lifeboat/Tender Fall Wire

Transport Malta reports of the parting of lifeboat/tender fall wire in position on a passenger ship.

On 29 October 2021, whilst the passenger was at anchor at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, lifeboat/tender no. 11 was lowered and released at sea.

While heaving up the davit’s floating blocks without the boat, the forward fall wire broke, causing the block to fall into the water. No injuries were reported.

The safety investigation concluded that the fall wire sustained tensile overload,...

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