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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin Rescue boat drills are essential for emergency preparedness, but they also remain one of the most hazardous routine operations at sea, making strict adherence to inspection and safety procedures critical. The Federal Bureau of Maritime Casualty Investigation (BSU) has published an investigation into an uncontrolled rescue boat fall during a drill aboard a tanker, highlighting the serious risks associated with routine emergency preparedness exercises. RelatedNews BSU Investigation: Uncontrolled rescue boat descent during drill LR presents alarm fatigue findings to UK lawmakers var jnews_module_21379231_0_6a70611de0138 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21379231","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"2646,517,2565,201,3363","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"
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Key measures to prevent rescue boat launching accidents at sea

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