FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin A tragic casualty involving an inspected passenger vessel has prompted a new US Coast Guard (USCG) safety alert, highlighting how even routine embarkation equipment can pose a serious, potentially fatal risk when it is not properly inspected, maintained and secured. The incident unfolded during passenger disembarkation, when the gangway’s connection point to the vessel catastrophically failed, causing it to separate from the ship and fall. Several passengers suffered severe injuries and one person lost their life. RelatedNews Cargo vessel hit by unknown projectile catches fire in Strait of Hormuz Indonesia ferry sinking death toll rises to 28 as underwater search widens var jnews_module_21382789_0_6ab4f2c7284d7 = {"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":"21382789","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"263,157,120,458,3363,2840,477,2610,2524","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":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tabl