Investigation Report
Flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable migrant boat with at least 27 lives lost
Flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable migrant boat with at least 27 lives lost
- MAIB
- Investigation Report
- Structural and Asset IntegrityVessel and Mooring
- DrowningHuman factorsVessel flooding and foundering
- Helicopter operationsMarine operations
- Helicopter
- Competence and trainingEvacuation, escape and rescueOperating and work proceduresThermography
- Marine industry
- Marine watersVessel
Summary
Investigation into an inflatable migrant boat’s flooding and partial sinking in the Dover Strait, with at least 27 deaths. Examines emergency-call reconciliation, coastguard staffing, cross-border coordination, helicopter and cutter searches, thermal detection limitations and forensic drift modelling. The initial water-ingress cause and exact casualty location remained undetermined.
Classifications: Drowning; man overboard; person overboard.
Classifications: Human factors; human performance; ergonomics.
Classifications: Vessel flooding and foundering; water ingress.
Classifications: Helicopter operations; offshore aviation; rotary-wing operations.
Classifications: Marine operations; maritime operations.
Classifications: Helicopter; rotorcraft.
Classifications: Competence and training; competency assurance; safety training.
Classifications: Evacuation, escape and rescue; EER; escape and rescue.
Classifications: Operating and work procedures.
Classifications: Thermography; thermal imaging; infrared inspection.
Classifications: Marine industry; shipping industry; maritime sector.
Classifications: Marine waters.
Classifications: Vessel; aboard ship; onboard vessel.
Summary
The report examines flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable migrant boat with substantial loss of life.
Themes: structural and asset integrity, vessel and mooring.