After NY crash, NTSB warns ferries to keep passengers off stairs

摘要

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) wants U.S. ferry operators to do more to keep passengers from stairwells during docking, undocking and other potentially dangerous maneuvers. The agency has issued a safety alert that reminds passengers to avoid stairways and stay seated during the docking and undocking. The alert urges operators to find ways to control access to stairwells during these times. The alert followed an investigation into a January 2013 incident in which the high-speed catamaran Seastreak Wall Street ran into a pier while docking in New York City. The accident injured 80 people, four seriously. Many of the injured passengers had crammed into stairwells in a rush to get off.