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Another accident with DUKWs, this time with 17 fatalities:
DUKW sinking
This is the latest of several incidents including the Wacker Quacker in the Albert Dock and the Cleopatra on the Thames.
Two other DUKW incidents
Bearing in mind that the DUKWs were built in the early 1940s and used during the D-Day landings, it it not time to retire them permanently from public service?
DUKW sinking
This is the latest of several incidents including the Wacker Quacker in the Albert Dock and the Cleopatra on the Thames.
Two other DUKW incidents
Bearing in mind that the DUKWs were built in the early 1940s and used during the D-Day landings, it it not time to retire them permanently from public service?
- The converted DUKWs had not been properly approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) when they were certified to carry passengers in 2000.
- Over the years, the MCA’s regulatory supervision was insufficient to ensure the DUKWs were being operated safely.
- Following the sinking of Wacker Quacker 1, extra buoyancy foam was inserted into the London DUKWs without considering its proximity to machinery, which directly led to the fire in Cleopatra.
- The report contains recommendations to the MCA, DSVA and LDT aimed at: improving the safety of DUKWs operating in the UK; providing a consistent approach to meeting the UK’s regulatory requirements and; developing industry best practice.