Tag: Boat accidents
Salvage crews removing fuel from capsized lift boat
NEW ORLEANS — Salvage crews have begun removing fuel from a lift boat that capsized off the Louisiana coast in a storm last month,...
3 killed, 27 hospitalized after boat capsizes off San Diego
SAN DIEGO — A packed boat being used in a suspected human smuggling operation capsized Sunday and broke apart in powerful surf along the...
Puerto Rican man missing in Lake Michigan after capsize
EAST CHICAGO, Ind.. — A Puerto Rican man was identified Monday as the boater missing in Lake Michigan after the vessel he was on...
Search for man resumes after boat capsized on Lake Michigan
EAST CHICAGO, Ind.. — A search was resuming Sunday for a man who went missing after a boat he was on capsized in Lake...
United Cajun Navy ends role in search for lift boat workers
NEW ORLEANS — A nonprofit volunteer group announced Sunday it is suspending its organization of search efforts for seven men missing since an offshore...
Determined volunteers still search for capsized ship missing
COCODRIE, La. — The volunteers gather around a map, suntanned fingers tracing over the bayous, lakes and islands where they'll search. They talk about...
Life jackets, debris found in search for missing workers
CHAUVIN, La. — Volunteers searching for seven men still missing after the oil industry boat they worked on capsized off Louisiana’s coast said they...
Rescue groups decry loss of migrant lives in Mediterranean
ROME — Rescue groups and the Vatican are decrying the latest deaths of migrants who put to sea in traffickers’ unseaworthy boats, amid laments...
Britain’s Ben Ainslie beats Slingsby’s Aussies in SailGP
British star Sir Ben Ainslie pulled ahead of Australia’s Tom Slingsby early on the second leg of the podium race and held on to...
$25M suit blames energy, boat companies in fatal capsizing
NEW ORLEANS — The offshore oil industry boat that overturned in a deadly Gulf of Mexico disaster last week was ordered to sea in...