Ntsb's Rosenker: Lack Of Competence Made Cosco Busan Accident 'inevitable'

摘要

In its determination released last month in the Cosco Busan case, the U.S. National. Trans-portation Safety Board said a medically unfit pilot, an ineffective master, and poor communications between the two were the cause of the November 2007 accident in which the containership spilled thousands of gallons of fuel oil into the San Francisco Bay after striking a bridge support tower. At the announcement of the release of the determination, Acting National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairman Mark V. Rosenker, said, "There was a lack of competence in so many areas that this accident seemed almost inevitable." The NTSB determination came just one day after a federal judge rejected an attempt by the Cosco Busan's ship manager Fleet Management Ltd. to deflect criminal charges in the case by putting the blame on state and federal authorities for licensing the pilot, John Cota.