This is my first disaster video so hope you don. [120], Clarke also allotted blame to the Department of Transport, who, he said, were "well aware of the problems posed by the limited visibility from the steering positions on both types of vessel" yet failed to deal with the problem. You will want to check with your local scrap yard. The two most secure means were still fingerprints and comparison of teeth with dental records. And it would have been utterly inhumane to allow this. It was during the summer holidays and I was the forensic pathologist in charge of London and the south-east of England. Thames vigil remembers 51 victims of Marchioness, 30 years on This is an edited extract from Unnatural Causes by Richard Shepherd, published by Penguin. [104], The report was handed to Rifkind, who again declined to open a public inquiry, but commissioned a private onethe Hayes Report, published in July 1992that looked at health and safety on the Thames, rather than the sinking of Marchioness. To get away, physical exertion and strength were required, which compromised the survival chances of many. [109] Initially turned down by High Court, the Court of Appeal then found in favour of the group to allow an appeal. In my career, I have investigated many of the UKs worst disasters. I took a call early one Sunday morning in August 1989 to warn me that there had been a disaster. The families tried to apply for a judicial review on the basis that "the use of the word 'unhinged' and reference to a number of 'mentally unwell' relatives betrayed an attitude of hostility, however unconscious, towards members of the Marchioness Action Group". His report recognised the muddles in management and identification procedures: he noted confusions between key figures who were on holiday and their deputies, between the many ranks of police officers, between police, coroner and fingerprint officers, between coroners officers, between the mortuary staff and the undertakers. Most bodies were recovered between 20 and 23 August. The 1989 Marchioness disaster which killed 51 people when a boat and a ship collided in the center of London.
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