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on Thursday July 26 2018, @08:01AM
from the if-it-walks-like-a-duck,-sinks-like-a-duck,-oh,-wait... dept.
from the if-it-walks-like-a-duck,-sinks-like-a-duck,-oh,-wait... dept.
The Los Angeles Times reports:
The duck boat that sank in a Missouri lake last week, killing 17 people, was built based on a design by a self-taught entrepreneur who had no engineering training, according to court records reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.
The designer, entrepreneur Robert McDowell, completed only two years of college and had no background, training or certification in mechanics when he came up with the design for "stretch" duck boats more than two decades ago, according to a lawsuit filed over a roadway disaster in Seattle involving a similar duck boat in 2015.
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Duck Boat in Missouri Disaster was Designed by Entrepreneur With no Engineering Training
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(Score: 1) by fortyseven on Friday July 27 2018, @12:53PM
Of course they are passing the blame. US Weather service issued severe thunderstorm warnings for the area for the time period that the duck boat went in the water - that is the reason that the captain (or the tour operator) decided to do the water part of the tour first instead of the land tour first as they usually do. Severe thunderstorm warnings within a half hour of taking a flat water boat into the water spells disaster. Remember - this is the US midwest - tornado country.
Place the blame squarely on the tour operator (who just purchased the company 6 months ago) and the captain for the foolish decision that ended up killing people who trusted them.