One person is dead following a plane crash in El Paso County, Colorado on August 26, 2020. The plane, a single-engine Cessna T210 with one person aboard crashed roughly one-mile from the Meadow Lake Airport. Eyewitness accounts report that the plane appeared to be...
Month: August 2020
Rule C Vessel Arrests: Asserting a Maritime Lien
Injured maritime workers have numerous legal protections. The law provides injured seamen a number of tools to protect their rights following an injury. One of these is the use of a maritime lien, which is a claim that can be asserted against maritime property, such...
Three Injured in Wyoming Plane Crash
A plane crashed on August 25, 2020, near the Rawlins Municipal Airport in Wyoming. Eyewitnesses report the plane had just taken off from the airport before the crash. All three of the passengers sustained injuries during the crash. Both the FAA and the National...
One Dead, Three Injured in Explosion on Greek Vessel Blue Horizon
New reports indicate that one of the crew members who was injured during an explosion in the engine room of the ro-ro ferry Blue Horizon on August 24, 2020 has died. Four injured crew members were taken to a local hospital for treatment following the incident. The...
Search for Missing Crewmembers from Waymon L. Boyd Called Off
The United States Coast Guard has called off the search for the two missing crewmembers who were on board the dredge involved in Friday's deadly pipeline explosion in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The Waymon L. Boyd was owned and operated by Houston-based Orion...
Engine Room Explosion on Blue Horizon Injures 4 Crew
An explosion in the engine room of the ro-ro ferry Blue Horizon on August 24, 2020 injured four crew members. Luckily, at the time of the explosion, the vessel was in port in Crete, and had no passengers on board. The injured crew members have been taken to a local...
Two Dead following Vessel Collision in Biloxi
Local authorities are investigating a fatal vessel collision in BIloxi's Back Bay that occurred late Friday night. The larger vessel involved in the incident had recently left Gollott’s Fresh Catch Seafood Restaurant. Harrison County Coroner Brian Switzer confirmed...
Dredge in Deadly Explosion Identified as Orion Marine’s Waymon L. Boyd
The dredge involved in Friday's deadly pipeline explosion in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel has been identified as the Waymon L. Boyd. Houston-based Orion Marine is the owner and operator of the dredge. The company recently spent $3.2 million to retrofit the dredge...
Explosion in Corpus Christi Ship Channel
According to local officials, a propane line was struck by a barge during a dredging operation in the Corpus Christi, Texas ship channel, resulting in an explosion. 18 people were involved in the incident. Multiple individuals remain missing at this point, with at...
One Dead in Rockford, Illinois Plane Crash
A plane crashed on August 20, 2020, at the Rockford, Illinois Airport. According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), shortly after takeoff, the twin-engine Beechcraft Super King Air went off the runway around 3:40 p.m. and burned after impact. The FAA has...