Safety Flash
NTSB: The sinking of the El Faro – an illustrated digest
NTSB: The sinking of the El Faro – an illustrated digest
- IMCA
- Safety Flash
- IMCA SF 29/21
- Competence and TrainingEmergency ResponseLeadership and CultureMarine Operations
- Human factorsLeadership and safety cultureVessel flooding and foundering
- Navigation
- Lifeboat
- Competence and trainingEmergency responseFlood containment and watertight integrity
- Marine industry
- Vessel
Summary
This safety flash summarises an NTSB illustrated digest on El Faro’s fatal sinking during a hurricane in 2015. It highlights command decisions, outdated weather information, ineffective bridge resource management, flooding and propulsion loss, alongside recommendations addressing training, watertight integrity, machinery capability and lifeboat arrangements.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Leadership and safety culture; safety culture; safety leadership.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Navigation; vessel navigation; passage planning.
Classifications: Lifeboat; survival craft.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Emergency response; emergency preparedness.
Classifications: Flood containment and watertight integrity.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) of the United States has published an illustrated digest of its own Marine Accident Report NTSB/MAR-17/01 into the loss of the cargo vessel El Faro
IMCA SF 29/21. Themes: competence and training, emergency response, leadership and culture, marine operations.