Public meeting to open investigation on Alaska Ranger sinking
Published Wednesday, March 26, 2008
ANCHORAGE — Investigators are holding a public meeting Thursday in Dutch Harbor as part of a probe into the sinking of a fishing boat in the Bering Sea.
Four people aboard the Alaska Ranger died in the tragedy this weekend and a fifth person’s body was never recovered.
The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board are pursuing separate investigations of the sinking.
Coast Guard officials say the meeting with the Marine Board of Investigation Thursday will be headed by Coast Guard Capt. Michael Rand, who is flying up from Washington, D.C.
Coast Guard Lt. Eric Eggan says the meeting agenda includes a reconstruction of events, the operation and maintenance history of the vessel and how to prevent such incidents in the future.
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