FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin TAIC has issued an investigation report into an incident where a passenger ferry experienced a complete electrical and propulsion failure at sea near Wellington. The incident On Saturday 28 January 2023, a passenger ferry was in transit from Picton to Wellington on a scheduled service. When the ferry was approximately one nautical mile off Sinclair Head, the vessel lost all electrical and propulsive power (blackout). Because of the vessel’s proximity to the coast and the strong onshore weather conditions, the master broadcast a Mayday call. The Rescue Coordination Centre New Zealand (RCCNZ) initiated its mass rescue operations escalation plan. RelatedNews Fire aboard berthed ferry injures crew member NTSB investigation: Towing vessel collides with bulk carrier and sinks var jnews_module_21372119_0_6a03e400b705f = {"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":"21372119","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"393,1748,244,606,2519","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,