nolatom
Contributor
You may have seen or heard this on the news. It happened yesterday afternoon just off the Louisiana Coast near Port Fourchon and Grand Isle, a lift boat with spuds in the "vessel" mode so fully retracted, capsized in extremely bad weather.
Of 19 crew, 6 have been rescued from the water, 7th one died, remaining 12 still missing.
1 dead, 6 rescued after commercial boat carrying 19 capsizes in Gulf of Mexico, USCG says
I've posted it here rather than in the Accidents and Incidents Section since it is not a Scuba accident or incident, but it may, and probably will, involve rescue divers trying to penetrate the interior of this three-fourths-capsized vessel, to try to rescue those who we dearly hope are alive inside.
There are such "commercial" divers, and they can do amazing things. I hope it turns out that they're able to do so here.
Maybe this should be in the Commercial Diving section instead. But it may of wider interest to the general diving community as well.
Of 19 crew, 6 have been rescued from the water, 7th one died, remaining 12 still missing.
1 dead, 6 rescued after commercial boat carrying 19 capsizes in Gulf of Mexico, USCG says
I've posted it here rather than in the Accidents and Incidents Section since it is not a Scuba accident or incident, but it may, and probably will, involve rescue divers trying to penetrate the interior of this three-fourths-capsized vessel, to try to rescue those who we dearly hope are alive inside.
There are such "commercial" divers, and they can do amazing things. I hope it turns out that they're able to do so here.
Maybe this should be in the Commercial Diving section instead. But it may of wider interest to the general diving community as well.