10News Exclusive: Boat crash survivor recalls moment of impact
SAN DIEGO (KGTV)- One person is confirmed dead after two boats collided nine miles offshore from Imperial Beach. Fishermen on the “Prowler” were on their way back from Mexican Waters when their boat collided with a mega-yacht, the "Attessa IV" Friday night. One of the survivors on the Prowler spoke exclusively with 10News about his experience.
It was supposed to be a fun overnight fishing trip for father-son duo Hung and Ken Ngo. Instead, they came back with an unbelievable survival story. The two anglers from Westminster were with 15 other sport-fishermen on the Prowler, when the collision happened.
"Loud. Something hit the boat hard. Like Bang!” Ngo said.
The United States Coast Guard said the 65-foot fishing boat collided with a 332-foot mega yacht, the Attessa IV, just after 7 pm Friday. Ngo immediately woke up from his nap and ran up to the top deck. What he saw was a completely different Prowler.
"The whole right side of the deck was gone,” Ngo said. “The rail, everything. It looked like wow. Somebody just cut it off."
There was a gaping hole on the right side, but somehow the boat remained afloat. All the uninjured passengers were transported to the Attessa IV, which only suffered a few scratches. Two people were rescued via Coast Guard helicopter and taken to the hospital. At least one fisherman has been confirmed dead.
"I got lucky that we slept on the left-hand side,” Ngo said. “I know the people who got hit on the right-hand side. I know if my son or I slept on the right-hand side, that would be a different story. It could be me."
But what puzzled Ngo the most is why this slow-speed accident happened in the first place? Ngo said he does not recall any honks, beeps, or alerts before the crash. “Nothing whatsoever,” he said.
He said even in pitch black, foggy weather, both boats should have a radar system that gives them fair warning of other vessels nearby. Had they been working properly, either captain would have had several dozen minutes to change their course.
"How could a boat hit another boat a night? I mean, with all these electronics? It's just amazing,” Ngo said.
The Coast Guard is investigating what caused the crash. They are also looking into why there seemed to be no warning before the collision.
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This story has been amended since first posting.
A luxury superyacht rebuilt several years ago in North Vancouver for the billionaire owner of Washington Marine Group has been involved in a fatal collision at sea near to San Diego.
The collision happened off the west coast on the evening of Oct. 26, about 14 kilometres from San Diego near the United States-Mexico border.
The U.S. Coast Guard received a call from the Attessa IV about 7:45 p.m. advising the 332-foot yacht had collided with a 65-foot sports fishing charter boat, Prowler, and that “Prowler sustained some pretty significant damage to its rear starboard quarter,” said Joel Guzman, public affairs spokesman for the San Diego Coast Guard station.
The Coast Guard launched a Jayhawk helicopter, 45-foot medium response boat and the Coast Guard cutter Sea Otter to the crash site and arrived on scene about 8:45 p.m. where 17 people from the sports fishing charter boat were taken on to the coast guard vessel. Three people were injured, including one man who had critical head injuries, said Guzman.
He was airlifted by helicopter to shore and taken to hospital.
The San Diego medical examiner’s office confirmed 66-year-old Richard Neff of San Clemente later died of those injuries.
Guzman said an investigation is now underway to determine why the ships collided, which includes speaking to everyone on board both vessels at the time of the crash. The investigation could take several months, said Guzman.
There is no word on who was among the 28 people on board the yacht at the time of the collision.
Records of ships’ movements show the Attessa IV in North Vancouver July 8. It later travelled down the west coast arriving in San Diego Oct. 15.
The yacht left San Diego following the crash and is now in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
Attessa IV, which is registered in the Cayman Islands, is one of the largest privately owned yachts in the world. It was bought in 2007 by Dennis Washington, a U.S. billionaire whose network of companies includes Washington Marine Group and Seaspan Shipyards in North Vancouver, where Kyle Washington, Dennis Washington’s son, is executive chairman.
The mega yacht was extensively rebuilt in a three-year project by Washington Yachting Group in North Vancouver, in the same shed where the three ill-fated Pacificat fast ferries were put together by shipyard workers in the 1990s.
The luxury yacht, which has been featured in a number of yachting and lifestyle magazine articles, features its own on-board helicopter and landing pad, spa, gym and pool, and opulent guest quarters including sculptures by Henry Moore and a hanging glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly.
Editor's note: This story has been amended to reflect that the Attessa IV was in North Vancouver July 8, but did not leave North Vancouver on that date.
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It’s the 332-foot Attessa IV, belonging to industrialist billionaire Dennis Washington .
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1 dead, 17 rescued, 2 hurt in mega yacht, fishing boat crash off San Diego's coast
SAN DIEGO, California — One person died and two others were injured, and Coast Guard crews rescued 17 others after a mega yacht collided with a fishing vessel off the coast of Imperial Beach on Friday night.
The 332-foot yacht, Attessa IV, crashed into the 65-foot sportfisher vessel, Prowler, just before 8 p.m. about nine miles off the shore of Imperial Beach, according to the Coast Guard.
The collision caused extensive damage to the right side of the Prowler.
One man was airlifted to UCSD Hillcrest and died at the hospital, the Coast Guard confirmed. Two others were injured in the accident.
Coast Guard crews transferred 17 passengers from the damaged fishing boat back to San Diego. The Prowler's 10 remaining passengers were transferred onto the Attessa IV, set to return to San Diego.
The Coast Guard is investigating the cause of the accident.
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One critically injured, 17 rescued after San Diego megayacht collision
The following is text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard:
(SAN DIEGO) — The Coast Guard medevaced an injured person via helicopter and rescued 17 passengers after a vessel collision Saturday near the maritime boundary line.
The crew of the 332-foot yacht Attessa IV contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego's Joint Harbor Operations Center watch standers at approximately 7:50 p.m. reporting a collision with the 65-foot sportfisher Prowler, approximately nine miles offshore of Imperial Beach, that resulted in extensive damage to the starboard quarter of the sportfisher and multiple injuries.
A Coast Guard Sector San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew and a Coast Guard Station San Diego 45-foot response boat-medium crew were dispatched to respond. The Coast Guard cutter Sea Otter was also diverted to assist.
Crews arrived on scene at approximately 8:45 p.m. The Jayhawk crew hoisted a critically injured passenger and returned to Sector San Diego where awaiting EMS took the man to UC San Diego Medical Center-Hillcrest.
The RB-M crew transferred 17 passengers, two reporting injuries, from Prowler and took them to Sector San Diego.
The remaining 10 passengers were transferred to Attessa IV and are scheduled to return to San Diego, while the captain remained aboard Prowler.
Sea Otter remained on scene with Prowler awaiting commercial salvage.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
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UPDATE: San Clemente man named as victim of superyacht ‘Atessa IV’ collision
The Department of Medical Examine r in San Diego County have named the victim of a collision between a fishing vessel and superyacht Attessa IV .
Richard Neff, 66, of San Clemente, US, was travelling with a group of seventeen people for an overnight fishing trip nine miles off the coast of southern California when the boats ran into each other.
Officials confirmed the cause of death as an accident, reporting that: “The decedent fell some distance and struck his head, and passengers on the boat called 911. The decedent was airlifted to UCSD Medical Center where despite aggressive resuscitative efforts the decedent could not be revived and his death was pronounced shortly after arrival.”
Superyacht Attessa IV, owned by US billionaire Dennis Washington, collided with a 20-metre fishing vessel on Friday 26th October resulting in the death of a man and injuries to two others.
Crew from the 101-metre Attessa IV contacted Coast Guard Sector San Diego’s Joint Harbour Operations Centre to raise the alarm and a rescue helicopter and two boats were sent to the emergency.
The badly injured man was taken by helicopter to UC San Diego Medical Centre-Hillcrest in a critical condition, but on Sunday the Coast Guard confirmed that he had died.
The remaining fishing-boat passengers were taken back to shore by the Coast Guard and the crew of Atessa IV
The Prowler fishing vessel sustained extensive damage to its starboard quarter, however events leading up to the crash are still unknown. Reports from one eyewitness suggest that there was no pre-warning of the collision.
It has not been confirmed whether Dennis Washington was on Attessa IV when the boats collided.
The next of kin have been notified.
The Coast Guard is continuing to investigate the circumstances of the crash.
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Coast Guard officials are still investigating the 'Attessa IV' vs. 'Prowler' collision, the military branch confirmed on April 1. (Fisherman’s Landing Facebook photo)
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It’s not yet known when the Coast Guard’s investigation of Attessa IV-Prowler crash will be complete.
SAN DIEGO—A mega-yacht and sport fisher boat collided in the middle of the open ocean, costing at least one person his life. Nearly six months has passed since Attessa IV and Prowler became entangled with each other near the U.S.-Mexico maritime border (west of San Diego) and we still don’t know details of what happened or who was at fault.
The Log reached out to the U.S. Coast Guard, via phone call, on a few occasions to determine whether there were any updates in the Attessa IV – Prowler investigation. The line continuously rang each time, with no messaging option available, nor anyone answering on the other end. The Log also reached out to certain sources within the Coast Guard via email, attempting to discover any new information. We finally heard back from the military branch just before shipping this issue to press.
“The Attessa IV/Prowler investigation is still open and ongoing. Therefore, we cannot disclose the details of the case at this time. The details of the case cannot be release until the investigation is closed by our headquarters in Washington, D.C.,” LCDR Stefanie Hodgdon, chief of the San Diego Sector’s Investigation Division, told The Log in an email. “At this time, I do not have an anticipated date of completion and closure due to the nature and complexity of the incident.”
Prowler Sportfishing was also contacted, but, as of this issue’s press time, has not heard back from anyone associated with the fishing vessel.
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Here’s what happened on the fateful October 2018 evening (quite a bit of time has passed since the open water collision).
Anglers aboard Prowler were headed back to San Diego from an offshore fishing trip. At some point the sportfishing vessel was on a collision course with Attessa IV , which departed from San Diego and was heading south toward Mexico. The collision occurred about 9 miles west of Imperial Beach.
A Coast Guard response team, who arrived at the scene almost one hour after it learned of the collision, evacuated one injured passenger via helicopter and 17 others to shore via boat. There were 10 other passengers returned to San Diego aboard Attessa IV . All transported passengers, including the injured, were aboard Prowler . Those originally aboard Attessa IV (prior to the collision) remained aboard and returned to shore aboard the 332-foot yacht.
Prowler was salvaged and an investigation on the collision was set to begin. In the middle of the investigation, of course, was the federal government shutdown, which certainly caused a delay.
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The Log will continue to reach out to both the Coast Guard and Prowler Sportfishing. Any updates shared by either or both parties will be published by The Log as soon as they are made available.
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Montana billionaire's yacht in fatal collision
The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in late October between a 332-foot yacht owned by Montana billionaire Dennis Washington and a 65-foot fishing boat that resulted in the death of a man and an injury to another.
The Attessa IV collided with the commercial fishing boat Prowler near San Diego on Oct. 26, according to the Coast Guard. The Attessa had contacted them about 7:50 p.m. about the collision that occurred about nine miles offshore of Imperial Beach and near the maritime boundary line. There were 29 people aboard the two vessels, officials said.
Washington, founder of the Washington Cos. and owner of Montana Rail Link, was not on the Attessa IV at the time. Nor were any family members, Forbes.com reported.
A Coast Guard helicopter and two boats responded. The crew of a response boat transferred 17 passengers from the Prowler and took them to San Diego. Two injuries were reported on the Prowler.
The man who died, Richard Neff, 66, of San Clemente, had been airlifted off the boat and pronounced dead at a San Diego hospital from head trauma, officials said. Neff was a retiree who had worked 40 years in construction.
The Prowler sustained extensive damage to its starboard quarter, the Coast Guard reported. The captain of the Prowler remained with the boat, awaiting commercial salvage. The Coast Guard cutter Sea Otter stayed with him, officials said.
The Attessa returned to San Diego with 10 passengers, the Coast Guard said.
A Coast Guard official said Thursday the investigation could take six months to a year to complete.
Washington Cos. Executive Vice President Tim McHugh said Thursday he was unable to comment at length as the incident is still be investigated by the Coast Guard and they are awaiting results.
"We are cooperating fully," he said, adding they also wanted more details as to what transpired.
The Missoula-based Washington Cos. website says its companies focus on marine and rail transportation, mining, heavy equipment distribution, environmental remediation and aviation technology and service.
Forbes lists Washington as "Montana's richest person" and puts his net worth at $5.9 billion. It also states he and his wife, Phyllis, have given $840 million to their foundation, which in turn has given about $300 million to nearly 1,000 groups.
The website Super Yacht Fan says the Attessa, originally built as Evergreen for Evergreen Shipping Line founder Chang Yu-fa, and was “delivered” in 1999. It was sold to Washington in 2007, underwent 31/2 years of renovation, and has a value of $150 million. It can accommodate 28 guests and has a crew of 21.
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He is the owner of the motor yacht Attessa IV, which was built as Evergreen for the founder of the Evergreen Shipping Company.. The motor yacht Attessa IV was originally built as Evergreen for Chang Yu-fa. He is the chairman of the Evergreen Shipping Line. She was delivered in 1999 to a design by Diana Yacht Design.In 2007 Chang Ya-fa sold his luxury yacht to billionaire Dennis Washington.
A further €10,000,000 price drop has been announced on the 101.2-metre superyacht Attessa IV, listed with Merle Wood of Merle Wood & Associates, who said the owner has purchased his next yacht.. Originally built in Japan, the steel-hulled yacht was totally rebuilt in Vancouver, Canada, over four years by Washington Yachting Group (WYG) and completed in 2010.
More than just a refit, Attessa IV represents possibly the most comprehensive yacht reconfiguration ever undertaken anywhere in the world.Purchased in 2007, the 94-metre yacht Evergreen was taken to the owner's shipyard in Vancouver, Canada where he then set up the required infrastructure, now known as Washington Yachting Group (WYG), to complete the project.