UK m​arine accident unit to investigate collision between CTV and USV

The MAIB investigates marine accidents involving UK vessels worldwide and all vessels in UK territorial waters.

In September it also started investigating the flooding and partial sinking of an inflatable boat carrying migrants in the Dover Strait, resulting in a fatality.

In August, the MAIB started a preliminary assessment into the fall of a rescue boat from its davit on support vessel VOS Tracker during maintenance with two crew members on board while at sea around 145 nautical miles northeast of Peterhead, Scotland.

Other preliminary assessments started in August by the MAIB include the rapid uncontrolled descent to the water of an unmanned rescue boat during a training exercise at Lochboisdale, Scotland; and a fatal accident on board New Zealand-registered pleasure yacht, Mollie, around 2.8 nautical miles northwest of the Needles, Isle of Wight, England.

The MAIB also began an investigation in August into how two people were killed on 9-m inflatable boat Peaky Blinder during an allision with a navigation marker in Portsmouth Harbour, England.

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