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Post by ferryfast admin on Mar 24, 2006 20:15:47 GMT -5
B.C. Ferries working to fill gap left by ship's sinking
Canadian Press
Victoria —
B.C. Ferries is working to fill the service gap left by the sinking of the Queen of the North.
Air travel is being arranged for people who had reservations on the northern routes served by the lost ship and the Queen of Prince Rupert, which is in drydock.
Customers will be contacted to confirm plans.
B.C. Ferries says it's also bringing in a barge to deliver food and other goods to coastal communities.
However, it won't move private vehicles.
B.C. Ferries says it's rushing to get the Queen of Prince Rupert out of drydock back on the northern run to restore passenger and vehicle service.
But that could still be a week away.
Meanwhile, the former captain of the doomed B.C. Ferry Queen of the North says human error seems to be the most likely cause of the sinking.
Lewis Glentworth was captain of the Queen of the North for 20 years.
He believes that had equipment failure been the cause of the sinking, B.C.Ferries would likely have released that information by now.
Mr. Glentworth told Canadian Press the silence surrounding the whole subject makes him believe B.C. Ferries has concluded human error was to blame.
Two passengers still can't be found after the ship sank Wednesday morning south of Prince Rupert.
It went down about an hour after striking a rock near Gil Island. The ship was four hours into its 15-hour trip through the Inside Passage to Port Hardy from Prince Rupert.
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