A number of duck boat tragedies occurred in 2015 and 2016. a woman walking in philadelphia's chinatown neighborhood was killed by a duck boat on land in may 2015. that september, a duck boat crashed into a charter bus carrying students in seattle, killing five and injuring dozens.. A huge wave hit, scattering passengers on the vessel, known as a duck boat, into table rock lake near branson, coleman said, recounting the ordeal from a hospital bed.. Turbulent weather has caused trouble for duck boats before. coast guard records show that a similar duck boat in philadelphia took on a 3- or 4-foot wave on oct. 3, 2015, as it carried 12 passengers on a tour of the delaware river. water got into the engine compartment, causing the engine to stall and setting the vessel adrift..
The captain of the ill-fated duck boat that sank in missouri earlier this month had checked the weather reports and discussed safety procedures, including the location of life jackets, an initial. Duck boats, modeled on the amphibious landing crafts used in the d-day invasion of normandy in 1944, have been involved in several accidents causing at least 39 deaths since 1999, according to the lawsuit.. Kenneth scott mckee was indicted thursday in connection with the duck boat sinking that killed 17 people, including nine members of one family..
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