The accident investigation deals with the U.S. passenger vessel MISSISSIPPI QUEEN and the U.S. towboat CRIMSON GLORY collision on the Mississippi River near Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The MISSISSIPPI QUEEN was holed and began to flood; however, the passenger vessel was grounded after the collision and all 405 passengers and crew were safely evacuated. The CRIMSON GLORY sustained minor damage and stood by to aid the MISSISSIPPI QUEEN. The estimated cost of repair to the two vessels was over $7 million. The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the collision between the MISSISSIPPI QUEEN and the CRIMSON GLORY and its tow was the decision by the MISSISSIPPI QUEEN's pilot about 8 minutes before the collision to overtake the CRIMSON GLORY at a sharp bend in the Mississippi River while the tow was crosswise in the river, rather than to slow down his vessel to delay the overtaking until the CRIMSON GLORY had cleared the bend.


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    Title :

    Marine Accident Report - Collision between U.S. Passenger Vessel MISSISSIPPI QUEEN and U.S. Towboat CRIMSON GLORY in the Mississippi River near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, December 12, 1985


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    72 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English