Multiple Casualties During Dive Boat Fire Near Santa Cruz Island

[Kennebec_Captain]

@dbeierl

It sounded to me as though they were trying to verify what they’d already been told, or thought they had. And not every Coast Guard watchstander is the sharpest tool in the shed. I strongly suspect that the unheard party was trying to convey that the people were trapped, not that they were locked in.

That seem like the most likely explanation. But if the escape hatch was locked likely unlocking it was something that was overlooked rather than a deliberate act. Especially if locking it was a new procedure or something not normally done.