The UNITED STATE Coast Guard will certainly next off week hold an official public hearing to think about proof pertaining to the April 2021 capsizing of the liftboat Seacor Power as well as the fatality of 13 of its 19 crewmembers in the Gulf of Mexico.
The Seacor Power liftboat tipped over, April 13, 2021, regarding 7 miles southern of Port Fourchon, La., in the Gulf of Mexico with 19 crewmembers aboard.
Six crewmembers were at first saved, as well as 6 were recuperated less competent throughout the program of the feedback.
Coast Guard watercraft as well as aircrews, neighborhood companies, as well as great Samaritans looked for an advancing 175 hrs, covering greater than 9,200 square maritime miles, throughout 6 days prior to putting on hold the look for the staying 7 crewmembers April 19.
The hearing to think about proof pertaining to the deadly case will certainly occur at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Houma, La, as well as the occasion is open to the general public. The hearing will certainly be readily available online also at the adhering to web link https://livestream.com/uscginvestigations as well as will certainly likewise be tape-recorded with the recordings as well as readily available for public gain access to.
The hearing is set up to assemble daily at 8 a.m. Central Daylight Time on weekdays, August 2 via August 13.
The National Transportation Safety Board is the leading company in the Seacor Power examination, as well as will certainly take part in the Coast Guard public hearing, yet will certainly generate an independent record with its very own searchings for.
Back in May, NTSB released an initial record as component of its recurring examination right into the deadly capsizing.
Preliminary record
According to the first record, the vessel left Port Fourchon at regarding 1:30 p.m. April 13, bound for the oil as well as gas lease location Main Pass Block 138 in the Gulf ofMexico A weather forecast emailed to the vessel at 7:02 a.m. that day anticipated mid-day winds at 9 to 12 knots from the southeast with 3-foot seas.
NTSB private investigators found out that at regarding 3:30 p.m., as the Seacor Power transited the open waters of the Gulf, a squall overlooked the lifeboat.
With presence going down as well as winds enhancing dramatically, the team chose to decrease the Seacor Power’s legs to the seafloor to hold the vessel ready up until the tornado passed. The crewmember at the helm tried to transform the Seacor Power right into the wind as the legs started to come down. Before the turn was finished, the liftboat heeled to starboard as well as tipped over.
NTSB private investigators likewise found out a number of individuals had the ability to run away onto the revealed, port side of the Seacor Power deckhouse. High winds as well as seas that had actually constructed to 10 to 12 feet stopped rescuers from getting to those that stayed on the liftboat. Some were cleaned right into the water as well as 6 were at some point saved, with one survivor experiencing a severe injury.
NTSB private investigators have actually talked to survivors, various other employees that formerly crewed the Seacor Power, agents for the proprietor as well as charterer, vessel assessors as well as property surveyors, as well as search as well as rescue -responders.
When the Seacor Power is recovered NTSB private investigators plan to go back to check the vessel as well as accumulate additional proof.
Earlier this month salvors elevated the bow area of theSeacor Power The Donjon- SMIT salvage group raised the bow area to the surface area of the water as well as carried it by barge to the Modern American Recycling Services,Inc (M.A.R.S.) center in Houma, La.
