Alaska Ranger crew member testifies officer smelled of booze
UNALASKA, Alaska - Questions about alcohol consumption crew of Alaska Ranger born Sundays as a day Coast Guard investigators heard testimony about the sobriety of the Chief Engineer, when he abandoned the factory trawlers in Seattle.
Two crew members - both under oath - has significantly different certificate Chief Engineer Daniel Cook, among the five who died when the ship dropped a week ago on Sunday after taking ‘ Water leaked into the great star.
In morning testimony, Julio Morales, a first-year crewman, he said: Cook in the field of water, and there was a “serious alcohol scent of the engineer of the respiratory system.
James Madruga, a survivor engineer, testified that Cook with both on the bridge and into the water, and that at no time any Cook alcohol on his breath.
“I know he would never drink or something in the genre,” said Madruga. “Le chef needs medication on time.
A Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation, working with the National Transportation Safety Board is reviewing the circumstances of the sinking of the ship. It is also available on the rescue of 42 crew, monitoring and safety of the ship, and the resulting yellow-fin tuna sole, mackerel and other Bering Sea.
The hearings probably in the middle of the week, and again in April in Seattle. Investigators should ask more questions about alcohol in an effort to determine whether it could have played a role in the events that occurred on the eve of the immersion.
In the short time before the time 2 hours alarm indicates that the leak, Cook was mandatory, while an assistant engineer, Rodney Lundy, has been observed. So when the ship began to water, Cook woke up, and, after a brief inspection, under the bridge, was awarded to the crew has been the wheelhouse, where the vessel to leave the assembly, Lundy, demonstrate Saturday.
Sunday’s testimony of John Morales Neeleman invited to a lawyer of the owner, Fishing Company of Alaska, to cross-examine a witness for the first time during the hearing.
Neeleman Morales asked how alcohol can see Cook’s were informed of breath, the engineer was a costume ZIP survival under the waves, and it was the smell of diesel and winds in the Bering Sea.
Morales said he was face to face with Cook and were able to see, to alcohol.
Morales, other alleged cases of the use of alcohol aboard the Ranger Alaska in recent weeks, including a Japanese master, the fish died when the ship has fallen, and many others.
“It was a quantity of alcohol on the boat,” says Morales, who has rented a maritime attorney to pursue a claim for damages against the company. Morales lost a cousin, Byron Carrillo crewman, when the vessel decreased.
Ryan Shuck, another surviving crew member reached by The Seattle Times, “on Sunday, said booze was often gone on board despite a company policy prohibiting it. Shuck said he did not see that alcohol purchased before the vessel reaches its final form left to travel.
The federal law prohibits the licensing of officers - as chief engineer - drinking water aboard ship or obligation to report drunk. And Company of fishing in Alaska, a “zero tolerance” policy for all members of the crew, it prohibits, without alcohol or drugs on board vessels and companies to work under the influence. Violations can lead to discipline up to and including termination, “says the manual labor.
This seems to be, which is a member of the American crew, both in processing and Madruga said Morales was set on fire, while Alaska offloaded its cargo in Ranger, 22 Unalaska Mars, on the night before the sinking.
“It [the crewman] hard to resist. It comes smoking booze, “said Madruga.
Morales also testify that the vessel to the port on the left, two crew members of treatment offered her a glass to celebrate the anniversary.
“I have,” said Morales. “All I wanted was to rest. I knew it would be hard work.
If Alaska Ranger started to walk, Morales said it was one of the last people to get off the ship. He also sharply that it is possible to push - the plunge - along a bridge in the frigid sea.
Morales said that for some time in the water, he was a judge of Cook, whom he said he likes and respects.
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