Safety Flash
Lifeboat D-ring failure
Lifeboat D-ring failure
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 07/09
- Evacuation, Escape and RescueInspection and Maintenance
- Mechanical failure
- Lifeboat
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Summary
This IMCA safety flash directs members to Marine Safety Forum safety flash 09/12 concerning a lifeboat D-ring failure. The supplied pages provide a referral rather than the underlying incident account, with no details of the circumstances, consequences, investigation findings or recommended measures.
Classifications: Mechanical failure; equipment failure.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Summary
A failed lifeboat D-ring highlights the need to inspect and maintain lifesaving equipment.
IMCA SF 07/09. Themes: evacuation, escape and rescue, inspection and maintenance.