The Coast Guard plans to recover the sunken tour boat Monday from last week’s deadly accident near Branson, Missouri. 17 people died when the amphibious duck boat went under during a severe storm. There are growing questions about the safety precautions on that boat. Omar Villafranca reports.
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Safety measures taken on sunken duck boat under scrutiny
The Coast Guard plans to recover the sunken tour boat Monday from last week’s deadly accident near Branson, Missouri. 17 people died when the amphibious duck boat went under during a severe storm. There are growing questions about the safety precautions on that boat. Omar Villafranca reports.
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Safety measures taken on sunken duck boat under scrutiny
The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer allow tour boats to get close to Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, after an explosion left 23 tourists hurt. But the company involved is accused of failing to warn passengers about dangerous conditions. CBS News correspondent Carter Evans reports.
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Tour company involved in lava explosion accused of failing to warn passengers
Newly released video shows the dramatic rescue of survivors from a plane crash in Alaska. The 11 survivors were hoisted off Mount Jumbo on Prince of Wales Island, where their plane went down. Kris Van Cleave spoke to the Coast Guard crew behind the rescue.
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New video shows rescue of Alaska plane crash survivors
JAMAICA is to assign a senior officer of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) to the Key West, Florida, home base of the Joint Interagency Task Force South, in order to improve communications between the US-led coast guard unit and the JDF.
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JDF liaison officer for US Joint Task Force base in Florida
MIAMI, USA (CMC) — The United States Coast Guard says it seized nearly 2,800 kilogrammes of cocaine during two successful drug interdictions in the Caribbean Sea.
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US reports another major cocaine haul in C’bbean Sea
