Launch capsize probe report
IT is not often that we get to know the findings of any probe report, least of all those related to accidents and loss of life. We have at hand now the findings of the committee tasked with probing the Pinak-6 disaster. The findings are highly disconcerting and expose an abject lack of concern for public safety, dereliction of duty, lax oversight and rampant corruption.
One of the aims of setting up such a committee is to find the flaws at every level, not only to take people responsible for the accident to task but also to take corrective actions that would help prevent future accidents. And we hope the authorities would do so. And it is not the captain of the vessel who alone is responsible for the accident but every one of those who had allowed such a vessel to operate in the first place.
It is not enough to merely suspend the surveyor whose role has caused the deaths of more than 100 passengers. The excuse of shortage of manpower in a sector which has to do directly with safety of human lives is totally unacceptable. And in this regard the DG department of shipping must also take the blame for the deaths.
We would want the report to be made public and would like the authorities to let people know as to what actions are taken to rectify the faults and punish all those in the chain of officialdom that have allowed the ill fated launch to operate since 1991 with major flaws.
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