Will Schmitt Springfield News-Leader Published 10:14 p.m. UTC Jul 27, 2018 The captain of the duck boat that sank last week in a thunderstorm, killing 17 passengers, referenced the weather prior to taking passengers out on Table Rock Lake, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB released its initial review of the Branson duck boat’s onboard video recorder Friday afternoon. The recorder included audio that the NTSB used to construct a timeline, though officials noted that the “audio quality varies widely throughout the recording.” Weather expert on duck boat: Warnings were there and should have been heeded The duck entered the water at 6:55 p.m., according to the video’s timestamp. At 6:29 p.m., “the captain made a verbal reference to looking at the weather,” according to the NTSB’s review, which noted that “times presented here are as-recorded by the DVR and have not yet been validated against local time.” A thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service office in Springfield at 6:32 p.m. A thunderstorm watch had been issued several hours prior. The amphibious vessel’s video system included four outward-facing recorders and one camera looking inward, according to the NTSB. A small memory card and a removable… Read full this story
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