‘Outrageous’: families of Hong Kong ferry crash victims fume over coroner’s remarks
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Families of the 2012 Lamma IV ferry disaster victims in Hong Kong are angered by the coroner's remarks during an inquest. The coroner, Monica Chow Wai-choo, stated that it was unrealistic to expect marine inspectors to have identified a missing watertight door by reviewing the ship's structural drawings during routine surveys. Relatives believe the absence of this door, present in the original plans, contributed to the rapid sinking and loss of 39 lives. The coroner ruled the door wasn't a requirement during the ship's construction and that inspectors weren't obligated to consult structural drawings during periodical surveys, which are less comprehensive than reviews conducted every two or four years. The families had argued that the Marine Department should have detected the missing door during annual inspections.
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