The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is calling for major safety improvements to small passenger vessels after its investigation into the 2019 Conception dive boat fire that killed 34 people, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On the first anniversary of the 2019 Conception boat fire, Susan Tibbles walks past a memorial for the 34 people who died. (Al ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The dive boat Conception smolders at sunrise on Sept. 2, 2019, before sinking. (National Transportation Safety Board) The deadly ...

President Joe Biden recently signed legislation which holds owners of boats responsible for damages caused to their passengers. The Small Passenger Vessel Liability Fairness Act was authored by Rep.

Photo of Conception’s burned hull at dawn on Sept. 2, 2019, prior to sinking. (Credit: Ventura County Fire Department) Four years after the fire aboard the Conception dive boat claimed 34 lives, the ...

The National Transportation Safety Board is renewing its call for the U.S. Coast Guard to strengthen passenger vessel safety in response to 2019 fire aboard the dive boat Conception that claimed the ...

Lawyers representing families of a crew member and three passengers — who were among the 34 who died in a boat fire during a Labor Day dive trip off the Santa Barbara coast — sued the vessel’s owners ...

In the early hours of Sept. 2, 2019, the Conception dive boat was anchored off Santa Cruz Island, 25 miles out to sea from Santa Barbara, when a fire sparked and burned unnoticed. At about 3 a.m., the ...