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    NTSB faults poor oversight and lack of roving watch for Conception boat fire that killed 34

    by Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Oct 20, 2020 3 minutes

    LOS ANGELES - A deadly fire engulfed the Conception dive boat off the Channel Islands last year because its owner, Truth Aquatics, failed to have effective oversight of the vessel and did not operate a required roving watch that likely would have detected the fire sooner and could have saved lives, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday.

    In announcing the findings of its investigation into the fire that killed 34 people sleeping below deck, the agency recommended sweeping changes to small vessel oversight

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