California Boat Fire: An emergency escape hatch is a center of investigation into Conception disaster. Some passengers say they were not aware of it. Others said they were.
Months ago, Truth Aquatics owner Glen Fritzler spoke to Ralph Clevenger, who creates visual content for the company, about making a safety video that would play while passengers boarded his dive boats.
Passenger knowledge of a safety plan aboard the vessel now plays a central part in a criminal investigation that is examining why no one sleeping below deck was able to escape. Law enforcement sources have told The Times that a preliminary investigation found signs of serious safety lapses aboard the Conception, including the possibility that passengers did not receive thorough safety briefings.The Times spoke to more than a dozen people who have recently been on Truth Aquatics boats.
Video frame grab shows divers resuming their search Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2019, for the final missing victim who perished in a boat fire off the Southern California coast. He added that laminated sheets throughout the boat — including in the bunk area — contained safety information as well. “They’re very serious about boat briefings,” he said. “I can’t think of a situation where it’s been lax.”
“It was extremely rough,” he said. “People were getting sick left and right. I would have liked to have known where the life preservers were.” The captain, she said, spoke only generally about the boat before the first dive, talking about the restrooms and telling passengers not to go into certain areas if they were wet.
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