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MAIB Business Plan 2015/6 published

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The MAIB Business Plan for the financial year 2015-2016 has been published. Photograph by Andrew Matthews/PA Wire
The MAIB Business Plan for the financial year 2015-2016 has been published. Photograph by Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

MAIB stands for the Marine Accident Investigation Branch and it is an operationally independent unit of the Department for Transport. The MAIB contributes to improving marine safety by determining the causes and circumstances of marine accidents, and working with others to reduce the likelihood of such accidents recurring in the future. The MAIB Business Plan covers the financial year 2015-16.

The MAIB was formed in 1989 following recommendations made as a consequence of the Herald of Free Enterprise disaster of 1987, when it was recognised that the UK needed to separate the roles of accident investigation from those of regulation and enforcement.

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Cheeki Rafiki report published by the MAIB

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The MAIB report into the loss of the Cheeki Rafiki and her crew has been published. Photograph courtesy of United States Coast Guard
The MAIB report into the loss of the Cheeki Rafiki and her crew has been published. Photograph courtesy of United States Coast Guard

Nearly a year on from the loss of the Cheeki Rafiki in the Atlantic with the loss of her four crew, the MAIB has published its report into this distressing matter. The incident, which received massive UK media coverage at the time, sent shockwaves through the marine and yachting world.

Despite an extensive search that found the upturned hull of the Cheeki Rafiki, the four crew remain missing. The hull was not recovered and is assumed to have sunk. In the absence of survivors and material evidence, the causes of the accident remain a matter of some speculation. However, it is concluded that the Cheeki Rafiki capsized and inverted following a detachment of its keel.

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