Captain falls overboard as boat speeds away

TDT | Manama

The Daily Tribune – www.newsofbahrain.com

Coast Guard patrols yesterday managed to bring back safely a boat that went out of control after its Captain fell overboard, losing control, in rough seas.

The boat’s engine, still in gear, powered ahead uncontrollably at full speed, causing some anxious moments.

However, Coast Guard patrol boats that reached the accident scene managed to bring the speeding boat under control, as one of the ships anchored near the accident site rescued the Captain.

The Interior Ministry, in a tweet, confirmed the accident. The tweet said the Captain fell over the side when the boat got tossed violently in the rough waves near Khalifa bin Salman port.