NTSB: You Ate Too Many Crabcakes
The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that a Baltimore, Maryland water taxi that flipped over in 2004, killing five people, did so because the average weight of those on board was significantly heavier than what the boat was rated for.
CNN reports:
The NTSB said the Coast Guard underestimated the "tippiness" of the 36-foot Lady D pontoon boat because it used the results of a stability test designed for a different type of vessel.
The Coast Guard also assumed the average weight per passenger was 140 pounds, a standard measurement that hasn't changed since 1942, the safety board said.
The average weight among the Lady D's 25 passengers when the accident happened was 168 pounds, making it 700 pounds overweight, investigators said.
So now, that only do you have to worry about heart attacks, stroke risk, and other weight-related problems, but you have to worry about being the case for a mass transportation accident.
So, Baltimore, no more eating the best crabcakes in the world.
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amg | 1:37 AM |
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I once heard that "NTSB" is an acronym for the "Not Too Smart Boys"! Sometimes, it does seem true.
