National Transportation Safety Board: Safety Recommendation

摘要

About 1520 on October 15, 2003, the Staten Island Ferry Andrew J. Barberi, owned and operated by the New York City Department of Transportation, was at the end of a regularly scheduled trip from Manhattan to Staten Island when it allided at full speed with a maintenance pier at the St. George ferry terminal. Fifteen crewmembers and an estimated 1,500 passengers were on board. The assistant captain was at the controls but, for reasons that could not be determined, was unresponsive to cues of the impending allision. Except for one deckhand, the crewmembers also did not recognize that the ferry was in danger. Ten passengers died in the accident and 70 were injured. An eleventh passenger died 2 months later as a result of injuries sustained in the accident. Damages totaled more than $8 million, including repair costs of $6.9 million for the Andrew J. Barberi and $ 1.4 million for the pier.