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COAST GUARD TO CONDUCT FORMAL INVESTIGATION INTO PARSAILING ACCIDENT
Posted by: James M. Beard
September 17, 2009
Topic: Injury at Sea
The Coast Guard has reported that it has ordered a formal district investigation into the parasailing accident that killed two women in late August when their connecting rope came free from the boat that was towing them.
One of the purposes of the investigation is to determine if the accident was a single occurrence or a vessel class wide problem. The Coast Guard expects the investigation to take several weeks.
