A study of 660,000 Indians finds that a few individuals spread most new infections and that children transmit the coronavirus just as well as adults. So Amaral had to step in, "I was in a much smaller 27-foot boat and was able to go in close to the boat, attach a chain and pull it away from the island," he said. Records show all safety violations from the last five years were quickly addressed by the boat's owners. Her right arm still held parts of her nightshirt, while her left side was charred beyond recognition. “I looked at the comments below the Facebook post, and people were freaking out and wondering if they were on that charter.”. UCLA investigates ‘Zoom-bombing’ attacks during online classes. Truth Aquatics' website reports the vessel - launched in 1981 - had rafts and life jackets for up to 110 passengers. Do you have a story for The Sun Online news team? A mourner pays her respects at a memorial made up of scuba tanks, one for each victim, during the vigil at Chase Palm Park on Friday night. He went to the back of the upper deck and discovered the already intense conflagration engulfing the aft entrance to the salon. Authorities are trying to determine the best way to recover the sunken vessel, including the possibility of towing it to shore. @USCG helping support rescue operations for people aboard a dive boat. The complete list of L.A. Times’ endorsements in the November 2020 election. Now some are grappling again with widespread infections and deaths. The boat was anchored overnight at Platts Harbor, a small undeveloped bay on the north shore of the island, with 33 passengers and 1 crew member asleep below decks when fire broke out shortly after 3 a.m. Five of the crew members, whose sleeping quarters were on the top deck, were for… Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), https://www.independent.com/2020/05/01/the-conception-fire-solving-the-puzzle/. The burned hulk of the Conception is brought to the surface by a salvage team off Santa Cruz Island. Click here to upload yours. If you believe an Independent.com user or any material appearing on Independent.com is copyrighted material used without proper permission, please click here. For the Quitasol family, the Labor Day weekend scuba diving trip to the Channel Islands was supposed to be a celebration at sea. After hearing the call, Capt Paul Amaral of the vessel assistance company TowBoatUS said a boat sped from Ventura Harbor some 30 miles away. “The second galleyhand recalled that when the captain came to the surface of the water, he said ‘Oh my God, all those people,’” one of the reports released Wednesday said. 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But now, the five members of the family are believed to be among 34 people presumed killed when a fire broke out aboard the ship before sunrise Monday, said the sisters’ stepfather, Chris Rosas. ", A clip of the ship's mayday call released last night shows how the passengers were trapped below deck - “with no escape hatch.”. Bob Hansen told the New York Times: "When we looked out, the other boat was totally engulfed in flames, from stem to stern. Matthew Ormseth is a reporter for the Los Angeles Times. Mrs Hansen told the LA Times that two of the men got back on the dingy and went back to see if there were any more survivors. Coast Guard records show inspections of the Conception conducted last February and in August 2018 found no deficiencies. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. The National Transportation Safety Board has released a trove of documentary evidence and factual reporting on the deadly fire aboard the dive boat Conception on September 2, 2019. In my opinion, a plan outlined by Glen Fritzler, Truth Aquatics’ owner, to install fireproof charging cabinets is the best solution to a disaster such as this. Twenty bodies have so far been recovered. It occurred over Labor Day weekend 2019, at Santa Cruz Island. California boat fire: ‘Devastating. Excluding the five survivors and the eight people confirmed dead, search teams are looking for 26 people who were on the Conception. “It makes no sense,” Olivia said, her voice breaking. Mourners gather for a vigil at Chase Palm Park in Santa Barbara on Friday evening honoring the victims of the Conception boat fire that broke out off Santa Cruz Island before dawn Monday and claimed 34 lives. Before joining The Times in 2018, he covered city news and state politics at the Hartford Courant. Boylan made a distress call at 3:14 a.m., giving the boat’s location and saying, “I can’t breathe” before thick smoke filled the wheelhouse and forced him to abandon ship from the starboard side, the documents said. The Final Minutes Aboard the Fatal Dive Boat and How to Prevent Future Disasters . The Conception was on the final day of a Labor Day bank holiday weekend cruise when the fire erupted and the mayday call was made. The documents bolster the NTSB finding that all six crew members were asleep at the time the fire broke out, a violation of Coast Guard rules that call for a roving overnight watch. The passengers were sleeping below deck at the time of the fire, according to authorities. Three crew members on the doomed dive boat Conception said they never took part in any fire drills before the vessel burst into flames last year, killing 34 people off the coast of Southern California.

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