A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 deadly sinking of a tourist boat in Missouri is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature.
FILE - A duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised July 23, 2018, after it went down several days earlier after a thunderstorm generated near-hurricane strength winds. A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 sinking of the tourist boat that killed 17 people passed the Senate on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, and will head to President Joe Biden.
FILE - A duck boat that sank in Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo., is raised July 23, 2018, after it went down several days earlier after a thunderstorm generated near-hurricane strength winds. A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 sinking of the tourist boat that killed 17 people passed the Senate on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022, and will head to President Joe Biden.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The legislation, which passed the Senate on Thursday, directs the U.S. Coast Guard to draft new requirements for amphibious vehicles such as the duck boatLawmakers included the new regulations in aThe measure calls for design changes to ensure the crafts stay upright. The Missouri vessel flooded through an air intake hatch on the bow that was not weather tight.after its investigation into the July 2018 tragedy.
If the Coast Guard had followed recommendations for small passenger boats that the NTSB made after a similar boat sank in Arkansas in 1999, killing 13 people, the Missouri vessel “likely would not have sunk,” NTSB accident investigator Brian Young said when the report was released.The agency has said Ride the Ducks should have suspended water operations that day because of the severe weather forecast.
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