What Happened To The Destination?

In addition to an NTSB investigation into the F/V Destination disaster, the Marine Board of Investigation released a report about what might have gone wrong aboard the boat. The findings concluded that the Destination was overloaded when it left port, and heavy ice was not adequately managed by the crew. There was also a hatch mistakenly left open that led to flooding and the eventual sinking of the boat. According to the Coast Guard Marine Board's report, the Destination went down in a matter of minutes, and the crew had "very little time, if any, to react."

The findings also suggest that existing regulations could have helped prevent the sinking of the Destination. According to Coast Guard Captain Lee Boone (via The Seattle Times), "The missing piece here was compliance." No criminal charges were recommended. The Destination sent one distress call from the boat's emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) as it made its final turn. In the aftermath of the accident, the Destination was found via sonar at the bottom of the sea. A life ring, miscellaneous debris, and the EPIRB were also recovered. Evidence suggests that the Destination's life raft did not launch properly.

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