[Video] Follow-Up: NTSB Holds Second Media Briefing on New Orleans Tanker-Cruise Ship Collision
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is holding its second media briefing in New Orleans, Louisiana, at 1 p.m. Pacific Time on November 15 on the collision between the tanker Atlantic Asphalt and the river cruise ship American Heritage. The briefing is being streamed live on the NTSB official YouTube channel, the stream is under way as this story is published, and the live player is embedded on this page.
It is the second media briefing since the NTSB investigation team arrived in New Orleans; the first was held on November 14. Board member John DeLeeuw has said investigators have recovered the voyage data recorder from the tanker Atlantic Asphalt, that a preliminary report is expected within 30 days, and that the final investigation report is expected to take 18 to 24 months.
The collision occurred on November 13, when the tanker Atlantic Asphalt struck the moored river cruise ship American Heritage on the Mississippi River at New Orleans; the cruise ship listed heavily and partially sank. All 197 passengers and crew aboard were accounted for, with no one missing and no deaths; 32 people were taken to hospitals, none with life-threatening injuries, and eight remained hospitalized as of November 14. The U.S. Coast Guard says the affected stretch of the Mississippi River has reopened to traffic, with a 500-foot safety zone kept around the capsized cruise ship. The Coast Guard has said the tanker appeared to suffer a steering failure, and the cause of the collision remains under investigation. The Port of New Orleans has sued the tanker interests over the collision, seeking more than $1 million in physical damage.
The investigative points from this briefing will be covered in a follow-up story once the briefing ends and the NTSB releases its official transcript.
Related: [Video Follow-Up: NTSB Holds First Media Briefing on New Orleans Tanker-Cruise Ship Collision]
(Source: National Transportation Safety Board)
Source: National Transportation Safety Board
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