MAIB recommendations after RIB fatality

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published several recommendations for the protection of passengers after an investigation into the tragic death of 15-year-old Emily Lewis, who died in August 2020 when a high-speed Seadogz RIB crashed into a 4.5m-high channel maker in Southampton Water at a speed of 38.4 knots.

- Heather Prentice

Two of the passengers were catapulted into the water, where their lifejackets inflated. All 11 passengers and the skipper were treated in hospital, most for substantial impact injuries. Emily was thrown against the handhold directly in front of the bench seat and died in hospital that afternoon.