Patrol boat sinks in N.Y. bay after hatch cover was improperly opened to dear tangled line

摘要

A port authority's patrol boat sank in a New York bay after a police officer mistakenly opened an inspection hatch below the waterline. A Moose Boat M2-37 operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey sank off Queens, N.Y., on Sept. 10, 2012. The accident happened at about 1600 off Breezy Point. "Something in the engine began to malfunction and, at the direction of one of the independent contractors who was on the boat, one of our officers removed an engine cover.