Article: Excessive speed caused the collision of a Coast Guard patrol boat and passenger vessel in Florida, NTSB finds.

M2 PRESSWIRE-17 December 2002-US NTSB: Excessive speed caused the collision of a Coast Guard patrol boat and passenger vessel in Florida, NTSB finds(C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Washington, DC -- The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the failure of a Coast Guard coxswain to operate a patrol boat at a safe speed in a restricted area caused the collision between the patrol boat and the small passenger vessel Bayside Blaster in Biscayne Bay, Florida.

The Board also found that contributing to the accident was the lack of adequate Coast Guard oversight of nonstandard boat operations.

On January ...

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