THIS CRASH OCCURRED AS OPERATOR 1 HAD BEEN CONSUMING ALCOHOL PRIOR TO THE CRASH. OPERATOR 1 LOST CONTROL OF VESSEL 1 WHILE NEGOTIATING A TURN AND WAS EJECTED FROM VESSEL 1. OPERATOR 1 WAS WEARING AN INFLATABLE PFD THAT WAS 27 YEARS OLD AND IN AN UNSERVICEABLE CONDITION. THE CO2 CARTRIDGE WAS CORRODED AND NOT ATTACHED TO THE INFLATE MECHANISM, THEREFORE DID NOT SELF INFLATE AND PASSENGER 2 WAS NOT ABLE TO MANUALLY INFLATE IT. OPERATOR 1 SUBSEQUENTLY DROWNED. NO VESSEL DAMAGE.
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