摘要 : On Aug. 1 the NTSB released its casualty report on the allision between the towboat John 3:16 and an industrial pier on the Lower Mississippi River at St. Rose, La., on Sept. 12, 2023. Yet another example of fatigue causing or con... 展开 On Aug. 1 the NTSB released its casualty report on the allision between the towboat John 3:16 and an industrial pier on the Lower Mississippi River at St. Rose, La., on Sept. 12, 2023. Yet another example of fatigue causing or contributing to an accident. This one was straight-up fatigue. No mixer, no ice. The pilot (mate) of a fleeting towboat nodded off at the sticks while transiting light-boat. Neither weather nor river current was a factor. He simply had accumulated an acute sleep deficit, and his body called in those chips just before 0641 that Tuesday morning. No one was hurt and the damage did not result in the loss of either the vessel or the pier, nor was there a petroleum spill. The crew was lucky. 收起