Coast Guard: Ship didn't wait for fog to lift

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: March 28, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

WASHINGTON -- The Cosco Busan was the only big ship to get under way the morning it sideswiped the Bay Bridge, as at least four other large vessels waited out the heavy fog, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

The decision of the Cosco Busan's crew and pilot to get moving despite the weather is a focus of the Coast Guard's investigation into the Nov. 7 collision that spilled 53,000 gallons of oil into the Bay's fragile ecosystem.

With visibility less than a quarter-mile, pilots and crew on the other four ships "deemed it prudent not to get under way until visibility improved," Rear Adm. Craig ...

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