A single mechanical failure or mistake isn’t what usually results in a “Mayday!” call on marine VHF radio. Compound failures or mistakes typically cause potentially disastrous situations for even ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- Words didn't seem to do justice in explaining the emotions in Santa Barbara where a plaque was unveiled Wednesday morning to honor all 34 victims lost onboard the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- Attorneys representing the families of four victims killed when the Conception dive boat burned and sank off the coast of Santa Cruz Island last September are putting ...

Video from Vietnam Television (VTV) showed search and rescue efforts continuing overnight, with rescuers flipping the capsized boat upright and calling out for survivors. The vessel capsized on ...

The decision on whether to don a life jacket when a pleasant day devolved into a freak storm made a critical difference in the passengers’ fate. Six people were found dead in the water without life ...

None of the eight people who died following the capsizing of a boat in Lake Tahoe last month after a sunny day suddenly turned stormy were wearing life vests, according to a preliminary investigation ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 22 - A judge on the southern Italian city of Crotone on Monday indicted six Italian officials for allegedly failing to take action that may have prevented the shipwreck of a migrant ...

At least 193 people have died after two separate boat capsize incidents in the Democratic Republic of Congo In the first incident on Sept. 10, a motor boat capsized, leaving 86 people dead, including ...

One of the boats was carrying mostly students who were returning to town for the start of the new school year, residents of the area said. By Saikou Jammeh and Justin Makangara Saikou Jammeh reported ...

None of the eight people killed in a horrific boating accident in Lake Tahoe in June were wearing life jackets, according to a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board ...