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NTSB Finds Insufficient Communication, Lack of Accurate Tow Size at Issue in Fatal Collision
August 27, 2021
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release:

The lack of accurate tow size information and two pilots' insufficient radio communication led to a fatal collision between two towing vessels in the Lower Mississippi River near Destrehan, Louisiana, according to a National Transportation Safety Board Marine Accident Brief released Thursday.

Marine Accident Brief 21/16 details the NTSB's investigation of the Jan . . .

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