A single mechanical failure or mistake isn’t what usually results in a “Mayday!” call on marine VHF radio. Compound failures or mistakes typically cause potentially disastrous situations for even ...

The two survivors of the deadly Lake Tahoe tragedy that claimed eight lives were wearing life jackets at the time of their rescue. Ten boaters abroad a 27-foot gold Chris-Craft vessel set out the ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KABC) -- Attorneys representing the families of four victims killed when the Conception dive boat burned and sank off the coast of Santa Cruz Island last September are putting ...

The deadly incidents occurred on Sept. 10 and Sept. 11 about 150 miles from each other, authorities said Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022.

None of the eight people who died following the capsizing of a boat in Lake Tahoe last month after a sunny day suddenly turned stormy were wearing life vests, according to a preliminary investigation ...

Video from Vietnam Television (VTV) showed search and rescue efforts continuing overnight, with rescuers flipping the capsized boat upright and calling out for survivors. The vessel capsized on ...

More than 200 people have died and more than 100 are missing after two separate boat accidents this week in the northwest of Congo, according to residents of the area and local news reports. One of ...

At least 193 people, including dozens of students, have died within the span of two days in two separate boating disasters in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The first boating incident involved a ...