NTSB: No 'proper' lookouts when barge hit cutter in Panama Canal

摘要

Insufficient lookout was a key factor in a Panama Canal collision involving a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, American investigators said in a recent report. The 270-foot Famous-class cutter Thetis was sailing toward the Pacific Ocean when empty scow barge 123, pushed by the 5,260-hp tug Matachin, slammed into the cutter's stern. The incident occurred at 0111 on June 2, 2016, in a canal section known as Las Cascadas Reach.