The objective of vessel equipped with lifeboat is to save life when vessel is in emergency, but many crews injured or died form lifeboat drill and routine maintenance every year. This paper based on various lifeboat accidents, analyzed some causes for lifeboat accidents, indicating that crew's ambulatory and lack of concern on international stipulation on launching device and recovering procedure are the main causes for lifeboat accidents, furthermore, the paper represented some tips in preventing lifeboat accidents and stated that through regular lifeboat drill and proper maintenance, it can help allay crew's fear and tension, thus enable lifeboat to play its vital role in life saving during the emergency at sea.


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    Title :

    Probe on Lifeboat Accidents


    Contributors:
    Shen, Jiang (author) / Huang, Gang (author)

    Conference:

    Third International Conference on Transportation Engineering (ICTE) ; 2011 ; Chengdu, China


    Published in:

    ICTE 2011 ; 2855-2860


    Publication date :

    2011-07-13




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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