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Around 12:30 p.m., two personal watercraft collided north of Wisteria Island in the lower Florida Keys, FWC spokesperson Arielle Callender said. One of the operators, a 27-year-old man, died from ...
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One person is dead, and five others are injured after a boat exploded in a Florida marina, according to reports. Around 6 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 23, fire rescue received calls about a boat explosion ...
The leading cause of PWC accidents among riders in 2007 was reckless or careless driving. [16] According to the National Transportation Safety Board in the U.S., this accounted for 26.3 percent of all PWCs involved in accidents in 2007. [17] Reckless driving has been defined in the Personal Watercraft Act of 2005 in the U.S. as follows:
A circle of death can be initiated if the boat operator releases the steering mechanism while the boat is still powered, which means the propeller is still turning. The force of the rotating propeller blades incurs a force known as steering torque , causing the motor itself, which is mounted on a swivel jointed mechanism, to turn sharply into ...
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Almost a week after a boat crash off the Florida Keys over Labor Day weekend killed an Our Lady of Lourdes Academy senior and injured 13 others, including fellow Lourdes and Carrollton School of ...
The database can be used to analyze marine accidents and pollution incidents by a variety of factors including vessel or facility type, injuries, fatalities, pollutant details, location, and date. The data collection period began in 1982 for marine casualties and 1973 for polluting incidents, and is ongoing.