Another incident with a DUKW-type tour boat (AKA a DUCK Boat) involving multiple loss of life. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/8-dead-after-duck-boat-sinks-at-table-rock-lake-near-branson-missouri/63-575684486 Some basic info about the DUKW: [image] DUKW The DUKW (colloquially k…

[image] Dutchie: Anyway fact remains that seemingly the exhausts donot meet federal regulations, as stated by the inspector. Paul, who said he inspected 24 duck boats in Branson last August, said the boats’ exhaust didn’t meet federal regulations. So now we’re taking the word of some rando…

Department of Transportation regulations prohibit exhausts forward of the passenger compartment, Paul said. To comply with those standards, the exhaust should have been higher than or behind the passengers, he added. This is undoubtedly a concern about monoxide poisoning, wouldn’t you say? Here’…

[image] yacht_sailor: The bottles presumably had the tops on, you have some flotation there in case the boat is flooded or capsized. Not as good as dry foam, but better than wet foam. But hold on a minute here…nobody has mentioned flubber yet. If the bottles were filled with gaseous flubber …

[IMG_2936] Note that unlike in Branson also here, like in other places, everybody had to wear life jackets. The exhausts of the Ducks in Dublin, Ireland are also in a more acceptable location. With the exhausts placed forward, with no height, exhaust gasses are indeed bound to enter the interior…

The issue of the boats not being in compliance was raised in the Seattle crash as well: From the Seattle PI The Missouri firm — which refurbishes two varieties of the World War II-era amphibious Duck vehicles — claimed it has long followed U.S. Coast Guard and state and local regulations but didn…

The NTSB is obviously a teethless tiger which should be ignored as much as possible. An uphill battle which they will always lose… The agreement did not include a recommendation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to require that all 57 Stretch Ducks manufactured by RTDI and that ar…

[image] c.captain: [image] yacht_sailor: The bottles presumably had the tops on, you have some flotation there in case the boat is flooded or capsized. Not as good as dry foam, but better than wet foam. But hold on a minute here…nobody has mentioned flubber yet. If the bottles were fille…

[image] Dutchie: the exhausts donot meet federal regulations, And what precisely is the regulation not met?

[image] Steamer: [image] Dutchie: the exhausts donot meet federal regulations, And what precisely is the regulation not met? [Doodle_2018-08-18T09_26_32Z] already quoted it before. The information about the regulation originated from an article on Fox News that mentioned the reason, a…

[IMG_2946] A post accident photo of Stretch Duck Seven. In the mean time a fourth lawsuit has been filed over the fatal Branson duck boat sinking. The petition states that the company was negligent for not implementing previously recommended safety changes to the vessels, and for not heeding st…

17 dead after duck boat sinks at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri

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17 dead after duck boat sinks at Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri

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