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16 gru 2021 · To ensure the safety of passengers and crew on DUKWs — amphibious vehicles also referred to as duck boats — the United States Coast Guard (USCG) should issue a range of new guidelines and requirements, says a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Seventeen of the 31 people aboard the modified WWII DUKW amphibious passenger vessel Stretch Duck 7 died when the vessel sank during a rapidly developing high-wind storm on Table Rock Lake near Branson, Missouri. Since 1999 the NTSB has issued 22 safety recommendations related to modified WWII DUKW amphibious passenger vessels.
9 sty 2023 · The legislation advances NTSB recommendations for amphibious vessels known as DUKW boats and requires the U.S. Coast Guard to provide an initial response to new NTSB recommendations...
24 lip 2018 · Safety experts say the dangers of duck boats have been well-documented for nearly two decades. Peter Goelz was managing director of the National Transportation Safety Board in the late 1990s.
15 wrz 2023 · Five years after 17 people died when a duck boat sank on a Missouri lake, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued new rules for the amphibious World War II vessels retrofitted for tourist...
14 wrz 2023 · Five years after 17 people died when a duck boat sank on a Missouri lake, the U.S. Coast Guard has issued new rules for the amphibious World War II vessels retrofitted for tourist...
18 wrz 2023 · Section 11502 of the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 mandated additional safety measures for DUKW amphibious passenger vessels operating on navigable waters subject to Coast Guard jurisdiction.
