EDIT (10/16/2020): Please note that the start time of the Board Meeting has changed to 1:00 PM ET. See the
Board Meeting event for more information.
WASHINGTON (Sept. 16, 2020) — The
National Transportation Safety Board opened the public case docket Wednesday as part of its ongoing investigation of the fatal, Sept. 2, 2019, fire aboard the dive boat Conception off Santa Cruz Island, California.
The 75-foot commercial diving vessel, with 33 passengers and six crew aboard, was anchored in Platts Harbor off Santa Cruz Island when it caught fire. One crew member and 33 passengers died in the accident.
Photo of Conception before fire and subsequent sinking.
The
docket includes factual reports and documents, including interview transcripts, photographs, and other investigative materials.The docket does not include any analysis, findings, recommendations or a probable cause determination. That will be released at the end of the public board meeting scheduled for Oct. 20 beginning at 9:30 a.m. ET.
No conclusions about how or why the fire and subsequent sinking occurred should be drawn from the information within the docket. Additional material may be added to the docket as it becomes available.
To report an incident/accident or if you are a public safety agency, please call 1-844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290 to speak to a Watch Officer at the NTSB Response Operations Center (ROC) in Washington, DC (24/7).
