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While briefing the passengers about the lifejackets, the operator tried to pull one
out of the storage rack to demonstrate how to don it. When she could not
pull a lifejacket free, the operator gave up trying.6
According to passengers, as the
operator retook her seat at the forward part of the vehicle, she pointed to the lifejackets
and said, “They’re up there.” The passengers said that the operator neither offered
lifejackets to anyone nor explained how to get off the vehicle in case of an emergency on
the water. 1
11 people died in that duckboat minutes later when a leak caused water to rush into the boat, tipping the boat back and sinking it.
1. "Sinking of the Amphibious Passenger Vehicle Miss Majestic, Lake Hamilton, Near Hot Springs, Arkansas, May 1, 1999 NTSB/MAR-02/01 PB2002-916401 National Transportation Safety Board Washington, D.C.“ March 1, 2001. Accessed September 30, 2015. http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAR0201.pdf
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/02/us/11-are-killed-as-a-tourist-boat-sinks-on-arkansas-lake.html
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