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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A fire aboard a small passenger vessel resulted in the death of one passenger, injuries to multiple others, and the total loss of the vessel. The investigation into the cause of the fire yielded several findings that warrant immediate review by all vessel operators, according to USCG. While underway, in response to a high jacket water temperature alarm, the Master shifted the engine to neutral to minimize heat build-up. The Master kept it running, believing that circulating water would help reduce the temperature. However, the crew was unaware that the raw water pump had failed. RelatedNews Lessons learned: What you allow today becomes the standard tomorrow U.S. forces disable tanker bound for Iran as crew gets rescued var jnews_module_21374552_0_6a27f84f5f1f7 = {"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":"21374552","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"74,458,2840,2524","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":"","ad
USCG: Responding to an engine high temperature alarm
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