Investigation into Louisiana boat capsizing highlights how locator beacons could save lives

Report finds hurricane-force winds were key reason Seacor Power vessel overturned

The results of an investigation into the deadly capsizing of an oil industry boat off Louisiana's coast that killed 13 mariners in April 2021 has underlined how personal beacons could save lives and take the search out of search and rescue", the US transportation safety board chairperson said on Tuesday.

The report into the capsizing of the Seacor Power during severe weather in the Gulf of Mexico concluded that hurricane-force winds, rather than any other suspected factor, were the primary reason the vessel overturned.