NTSB Releases Report on Allision With Highway 11 Bridge over Lake Pontchartrain

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Written By The Current Loyola Maritime Law Journal

The National Transportation Safety Board released its report on the Allision of a Coast Guard vessel with Highway 11 bridge during a rescue mission on May 3, 2017. The incident resulted in over $300,000 damage to the Coast Guard vessel and injury to a Coast Guard crew member. The Coast Guard was responding to a non-distress search and rescue mission of a sailboat which sank and was valued at $20,000.

The NTSB report may be found following this link:https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/MAB1812.pdf

The Current Loyola Maritime Law Journal

The Current is the blog of the Loyola New Orleans Maritime Law Journal, where we post updates to keep our readers up to date about new decisions in maritime law. We also post news about the Journal and its' members.

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