A New Zealand passenger vessel ran aground in Doubtful Sound after the master at the helm likely fell asleep, according to a report released by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC).
The incident took place on 24 January 2024, when the Fiordland Navigator was on an overnight tourism trip departing from Deep Cove.
As the vessel was turning to exit Crooked Arm, a remote part of Doubtful Sound, it ran aground. Investigators found it was “virtually certain” that...