NTSB: Bounty’s captain made reckless decision

Published February 10, 2014 7:30pm ET



NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — The National Transportation Safety Board says the former captain of a replica 18th-century sailing ship that sank off North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy made a reckless decision to sail the ship into the storm.

The HMS Bounty sank about 100 miles south of Cape Hatteras during the October 2012 storm. One member of the HMS Bounty’s 16-person-crew died and the captain was never found. Three other crew members were injured.

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