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Complicated procedure leads to uncontrolled launch
['Mariska Buitendijk']
SWZ|Maritime
The complex launch procedure required no less than twenty steps.
A toolbox talk was conducted before the test and the procedure for the stored power launch procedure was discussed.
Also read: Uncontrolled release of lifeboatInvestigation findingsThe FRC was recovered and the launch system inspected.
The stored power launch system was subsequently tested using the documented procedure with the correct valve sequence and proven to work without incident.
Also read: CSSF: Lifeboats on cargo vessels need to be reinventedMars ReportsThis accident was covered in the Mars Reports, originally published as Mars 202620.