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View ArticleProbe Under Way In Deadly Ferry Crash
Attention turned Thursday to the pilot of the Staten Island ferry that slammed into a concrete pier a day earlier, killing 10 people and injuring 42. Assistant Capt. Richard Smith remained in critical...
View ArticlePilot Is Focus of Ferry Crash Probe
The probe into the horrific crash of a Staten Island ferry focused Thursday on whether its pilot fell unconscious while crossing New York Harbor. Law enforcement sources said the pilot fled and tried...
View ArticleFerry Pilot Investigated After Possibly Falling Unconscious
Divers searched for an 11th person missing and presumed dead Thursday as a probe into the horrific crash of a Staten Island ferry focused on whether its pilot fell unconscious while crossing New York...
View ArticleBlood Samples Sought in N.Y. Ferry Crash
With weather and mechanical problems all but ruled out as causes, investigators said Friday they have demanded blood and urine samples from the pilot in the Staten Island ferry wreck to determine if...
View ArticleInquiry Centers on Ferry Pilot in Fatal Crash
Federal investigators said Friday they have issued a subpoena to determine if the pilot at the helm of the Staten Island ferry that crashed was using prescription drugs. They also said the vessel was...
View ArticleWeather, Mechanics Ruled Out in N.Y. Ferry Probe
Federal investigators said Friday that neither mechanical problems nor bad weather caused a Staten Island ferry to slam into a pier Wednesday, killing 10 people and leaving many more seriously injured....
View ArticleFerry Probe Focuses On Top 2 Crewmen
Federal investigators probing Wednesday's deadly Staten Island ferry crash have all but ruled out mechanical failure and the day's blustery weather as causes, leaving the focus squarely on the vessel's...
View ArticleInvestigators Probe Role of Pilot's Medicine In Crash
Federal investigators have issued a subpoena to find out if the pilot of a ferry that crashed into a pier and killed 10 people was under the influence of prescription drugs.The pilot, Richard Smith,...
View ArticlePilot May Have Been Out Half of Ferry Trip, Investigators Say
Investigators are looking into the possibility that Assistant Capt. Richard Smith may have blacked out for as much as half of the 25-minute ferry trip from Manhattan to Staten Island. If Smith had been...
View ArticleN.Y. Ferry Inquiry Focuses On Pilot, Drugs
Federal investigators have issued a subpoena to find out if the pilot of a ferry boat that crashed into a pier and killed 10 people was under the influence of prescription drugs.The pilot, Richard...
View ArticleLawsuits Loom In Wake of Ferry Accident
A mangled Staten Island ferry, its flags at half-mast, was moved Saturday from the terminal where it rammed a concrete pier earlier in the week, a crash that killed 10 people and set up the city for an...
View ArticleCITY WON'T TALK ON FERRY FIASCO
Three days after a Staten Island Ferry barreled into a dock at full speed killing 10 passengers and injuring scores more the city continued to stonewall on what caused the vessel to slam into the pier...
View ArticleNo One Behind the Wheel
Most days, the free ferry ride was a romantic glide past the Statue of Liberty, back and forth between Staten Island and Manhattan. Occasionally, the orange boats would nudge a wooden piling as they...
View ArticleCouncil Plans Ferry Inquiry
The chairman of the City Council's transportation committee said yesterday that he would hold hearings on the fatal Staten Island Ferry crash, as city officials said the 10 victims would be remembered...
View ArticleNew York City Council Plans To Hold Hearings On Staten Island Ferry Crash
New York's City Council plans to hold hearings on last week's deadly Staten Island ferry accident. Newsday is reporting that the investigation would likely start in mid-November.Councilman John Liu,...
View ArticleCaptain of Staten Island Ferry Ordered To Explain Whereabouts Before Crash
The captain of the Staten Island ferry who allowed his boat to slam into a pier, killing 10 passengers, has a date with federal investigators.Capt. Michael Gansas has been ordered to appear before a...
View ArticleFor 2nd Day, N.Y. Ferry Captain Rebuffs Investigators
For a second day, a Staten Island Ferry captain refused to meet with federal investigators to discuss last week's fatal crash. Michael Gansas who could have provided backup for the pilot, Richard Smith...
View ArticleCaptain Subpoenaed In N.Y. Ferry Crash Probe
The National Transportation Safety Board has subpoenaed the captain of the runaway Staten Island Ferry involved in last week's crash that killed 10 and maimed seven, demanding he appear today after...
View ArticleN.Y. Set to Fire Staten Island Ferry Captain
The city Wednesday moved to fire the Staten Island Ferry captain involved in last week's fatal crash after he refused for a second day to meet with federal investigators. "We are drawing up charges as...
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