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MAIB Data Portal autumn 2025 update
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The MAIB Data Portal update, with additional data from 2021.
Lundy Explorer report published
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Serious injury to a passenger on the sea safari rigid inflatable boat Lundy Explorer at Ilfracombe, England.
MAIB Annual Report 2024 published
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This report provides information on the branch’s activities during 2024.
Nista report and safety flyer published
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Man overboard from the lone-operated creel fishing vessel Nista (LK121) north of Belnahua, north-west Scotland, with loss of 1 life.
Sustain report and safety flyer published
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Grounding and subsequent loss of the prawn trawler Sustain on Rubha Camas a’ Mhaoraich, Loch Broom, Scotland.
Cornishman report and safety flyer published
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Fatal accident on board a beam trawler 44 nautical miles south-south-west of the Isles of Scilly, England, with the loss of 1 life.
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