On the fifth anniversary of the Conception dive boat fire that claimed 34 lives, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy renewed calls for the U.S. Coast Guard to…
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Conception Dive Boat Captain Sentence to Four Years in Prison Over 2019 Tragedy
The captain of the dive boat Conception that caught fire and sank off the California coast in 2019, resulting in 34 deaths, has been sentenced to four years in prison over the…
Captain of Dive Boat Found Guilty of ‘Seaman’s Manslaughter’ in California Tragedy
In a late afternoon verdict on Monday, Jerry Nehl Boylan, the captain of the Conception dive boat, was found guilty by a jury of one count of misconduct or neglect of ship…
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NTSB Urges Coast Guard to Act on Passenger Vessel Safety Recommendation
The National Transportation Safety Board is renewing its call for the U.S. Coast Guard to strengthen passenger vessel safety in response to 2019 fire aboard the dive boat Conception that…
https://gcaptain.com/ntsb-urges-coast-guard-to-act-on-passenger-vessel-safety-recommendation/
Judge Throws Out Indictment Of Captain In 2019 California Boat Fire That Killed 34
LOS ANGELES, Sept 2 (Reuters) – A federal judge in Los Angeles on Friday dismissed the criminal indictment against a dive boat captain charged with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people when the…
NTSB Calls Out Lack of Progress in Implementing Safety Recommendations Following Conception Dive Boat Fire
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says more need to be done to implement safety recomendations in wake of the Conception dive boat fire. Now three years since the…
USCG to Issue Interim Rules to Improve Small Passenger Vessel Safety After Conception Dive Boat Tragedy
The U.S. Coast Guard has announced its intention to issue a set of interim rules on certain covered small passenger vessels, the first step to implementing the statutorily mandated requirement….
NTSB Publishes Safer Seas Digest 2020
The National Transportation Safety Board released Tuesday the Safer Seas Digest 2020, a compendium of the NTSB’s maritime accident investigations involving loss of life, injuries and significant property damage completed in 2020. This…
Conception Dive Boat Captain Charged with Seaman’s Manslaughter
The captain of the Conception dive boat that caught fire last year near Santa Cruz Island, resulting in the deaths of 33 passengers and one crew member, has been indicted by…
Conception Dive Boat Fire: NTSB Says Major Safety Improvements to Small Passenger Vessels Needed
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling for major safety improvements to small passenger vessels after its investigation into the 2019 Conception dive boat fire that killed 34 people, including all 33 passengers who were asleep in their bunks. The NTSB on Tuesday held a board...