Piedras Report and Safety Flyer Published

Flooding and sinking of a fishing vessel south-west of Mizen Head, Ireland

Piedras Report and Safety Flyer Published

Today, we have published our accident investigation report into the uncontrolled flooding of stern trawler Piedras (FD 528) while fishing 78 nautical miles south-west of Ireland on 1 June 2022. The vessel subsequently foundered and has not been recovered. The crew abandoned ship to their one working liferaft and were rescued, uninjured, by a nearby fishing vessel.

The report, available via this link, contains details of what happened and subsequent actions taken

A safety flyer to the fishing industry has also been produced with this report.