Following investigation into an accident in which four crew members died after abandoning a weather-damaged lifeboat in near hurricane-force conditions, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has recently issued a Safety Alert entitled: "Mariners: Improve Your Chances of Survival When Abandoning Ship".
The NTSB would ike the Safety Alert to be circulated as widely as possible. It is availlable to view and download below.
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