Tanker hits river boat in New Orleans
alldodge Moderator Staff member Thread starter Joined Mar 8, 2009 Messages 44,764 Today at 1:52 PM #1
sangerwaker Commander Joined Jul 29, 2004 Messages 2,098 Today at 2:06 PM #3 Holy carp! Hope everyone made it off the boat OK and gets rescued. I can't believe how quickly that appeared to go down. Will be following this to see the developments.
Holy carp! Hope everyone made it off the boat OK and gets rescued. I can't believe how quickly that appeared to go down. Will be following this to see the developments.
alldodge Moderator Staff member Thread starter Joined Mar 8, 2009 Messages 44,764 Today at 2:08 PM #4 The plan was to leave and head out for a 8 day cruise, hope that most had not arrived yet
sangerwaker Commander Joined Jul 29, 2004 Messages 2,098 Today at 2:08 PM #5 Boat was docked when the tanker hit it. Some are saying the tanker lost power.
alldodge Moderator Staff member Thread starter Joined Mar 8, 2009 Messages 44,764 Today at 2:50 PM #6 There was loss of control and the tug that was connected along side couldn't stop it To top that off we now have a FAA ground stop
There was loss of control and the tug that was connected along side couldn't stop it To top that off we now have a FAA ground stop
alldodge Moderator Staff member Thread starter Joined Mar 8, 2009 Messages 44,764 Today at 4:38 PM #7 ZERO folks unaccounted for, Great news with river boat
flashback Rear Admiral Joined Jun 28, 2002 Messages 4,603 Today at 5:04 PM #8 I heard that there were around 120 souls aboard when she was hit. Hats off to the first responders! On the other hand FAA will be sorting out things for a while.
I heard that there were around 120 souls aboard when she was hit. Hats off to the first responders! On the other hand FAA will be sorting out things for a while.
