RedactedNarrative: Update 4/16: Alaska Wildlife Troopers have determined the cause of the fatal boating accident to be a catastrophic steering system failure that threw both occupants from the skiff into the water. One of the steering cables was found broken during an inspection after the skiff was taken out of the water. 
  
  Original: On Friday, April 9, 2021, at approximately 1230 hours, Alaska State Troopers and Alaska Wildlife Troopers in Sitka were notified of two individuals being thrown from a 17’ skiff in the area of the Starrigavan Boat Launch near Lisianski Point. Both individuals were transported to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, where one of the individuals was declared deceased. The deceased was the only occupant wearing a life jacket