Posted on 09/19/2020 9:46:07 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
LOS ANGELES — Crew members on a dive boat say they were never instructed on emergency procedures before a predawn fire swept through the vessel as it was anchored off the Southern California coast, killing 34 people as they slept below deck, according to federal documents released Wednesday.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators say the cause of the blaze aboard the Conception remains undetermined but a possible ignition point was phones and other electronics plugged into outlets. One crew member told investigators he saw sparks when he plugged in his cellphone hours before the fire.
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Captain may be charged soon... He should hire a good lawyer...
Electricity is pretty straightforward - but the Eloi think it’s Magic...
It’s like The Poseidon Adventure except without the adventure.
I’ve dove the Conception and I’ve known lots of professional divers.
Everyone is trained in emergency procedures.
My Rescue Diver certification class was fantastic but it taught me one thing.
People sometimes die scuba diving.
You need to be prepared at all times.
The Conception was THE BEST dive boat on the West Coast.
We don’t need no stinkin’ training.
Training and repetition is everything.
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