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Burning boat takes clues of fatal fire down to watery grave
KGET ^ | Sep 3, 2019 / 10:43 PM PDT | BRIAN MELLEY, Associated Press

Posted on 09/04/2019 6:11:03 AM PDT by sheana

Edited on 09/04/2019 7:41:00 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

LOS ANGELES (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at kget.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: conception; diveboat; divingboat; fire; maritime; santacruzisland; tragedy; uscg
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For all those who kept talking about the exits being locked and the passengers locked in. No. The exits were blocked by fire from above.
1 posted on 09/04/2019 6:11:03 AM PDT by sheana
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To: sheana

Suspicious


2 posted on 09/04/2019 6:12:53 AM PDT by Guenevere
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Burning boat takes clues of fatal fire down to watery grave

Question: Were any of the divers killed connected to the clintons or 0bama?

3 posted on 09/04/2019 6:15:36 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty ('DEPLORABLE' Member of The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy & Biden Dreg and DAMN Proud of it!.)
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To: sheana

That crew is really suspect. They all survived and all the passengers died. Did they try to evacuate the passengers or even unlock the hatch before they jumped into the water? Just who were they?


4 posted on 09/04/2019 6:19:32 AM PDT by allendale (.)
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To: sheana

The only exit went by the galley. A galley fire would trap everyone below.


5 posted on 09/04/2019 6:22:21 AM PDT by null and void (After those deliberate lies THEY owe it to me to be honest, I don't owe them to be less suspicious.)
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To: sheana

Having done a dive trip on Conception, here is my take.
Below deck, the first thing to start burning would be the privacy curtains.

You wake up and see the curtains are on fire.
You need to move the burning curtains out of the way before you can even get out of your bunk and see what is going on.

Scuba Divers are usually pretty brave people as not everyone can do it.
It would take a very brave person to get out of a burning bunk and into panic.

I’m not sure I could have done it and I’m not afraid of anything.


6 posted on 09/04/2019 6:23:42 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: allendale

All but one crew member (who died), were above board.


7 posted on 09/04/2019 6:24:18 AM PDT by Raebie
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To: Zathras

https://www.foxla.com/video/601234?fbclid=IwAR1LGvejlsIUKuMgdJm5f3fX2XaiQ67lhhFaDG8AhScZXJs-0ElO2dwT_Dk

From a seasoned diver who had been on board the Conception many times.


8 posted on 09/04/2019 6:25:33 AM PDT by sheana
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To: Zathras

Question - were you familiarized with the supposed emergency exit which was the trapdoor above one of the bunk beds? As I understand it, you had the stairs in the front of the below deck sleeping quarters and this trap door in back - were both under the galley? Would they have had smoke alarms and fire extinguishers?


9 posted on 09/04/2019 6:25:56 AM PDT by laconic
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To: allendale

I believe the crew was above deck, moving the boat to the next dive site. Awake, more or less alert, familiar surroundings, with a clear path to escape. Contrast that with the passengers, asleep, exhausted, jolted awake by smoke in a dark, unfamiliar place with one narrow exit, path blocked by a forest of screaming elbows and knees, a floor rocking and tilting, cluttered with trip hazards (snarled blankets, pillows, fallen comrades, etc.) and the exit takes them to the heart of the fire.


10 posted on 09/04/2019 6:31:54 AM PDT by null and void (After those deliberate lies THEY owe it to me to be honest, I don't owe them to be less suspicious.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Notice they are not listing any names? One wonders if there aren’t a couple names we might recognize? Ghislaine Maxwell? I can think of several.


11 posted on 09/04/2019 6:35:44 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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If you were ready to board a cross counyry flight on urgent business and saw Ghislaine Maxwell in line to board, would you take the flight?


12 posted on 09/04/2019 6:38:43 AM PDT by null and void (After those deliberate lies THEY owe it to me to be honest, I don't owe them to be less suspicious.)
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To: wastoute

I wondered about that too.....no complete list of names


13 posted on 09/04/2019 6:44:48 AM PDT by Guenevere
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To: null and void

If I recognized her.....
....no


14 posted on 09/04/2019 6:45:35 AM PDT by Guenevere
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It just occurred to me that this would be an excellent opportunity for someone to “disappear”, Maxwell was just a name that came to mind. After Epstein’s “suicide” it seems anything is possible.


15 posted on 09/04/2019 6:47:46 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Guenevere

Me neither. Nor would I if she was kicked off. Just because she’s been kicked off the flight, doesn’t mean the bomb intended for her has been!


16 posted on 09/04/2019 6:52:52 AM PDT by null and void (After those deliberate lies THEY owe it to me to be honest, I don't owe them to be less suspicious.)
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To: wastoute

Good point!


17 posted on 09/04/2019 6:54:58 AM PDT by null and void (After those deliberate lies THEY owe it to me to be honest, I don't owe them to be less suspicious.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

Stand by for flak, there were a couple seriously offended and offensive freepers here yesterday at the very mention of the Clintons being involved.


18 posted on 09/04/2019 6:55:16 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: null and void

>>The only exit went by the galley. A galley fire would trap everyone below.<<

Bingo, most likely the heat source on a vessel of that type. My guess is stove burner or oven in the galley left on and not secured. Other possibilities might be a propane electric generator or propane heater (cold on the water at night).


19 posted on 09/04/2019 6:57:22 AM PDT by twister881
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To: wastoute

Too public. The old standby “single car accident - alcohol involved” is the safer tactic.


20 posted on 09/04/2019 6:59:04 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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