Safety of Tourist Submersibles

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Size: 162 pages, 8.5 x 11

Publication Year:1990

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Committee on Assessing Passenger Submersible Safety, National Research Council
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Over the past four years more than three-quarters of a million tourists have viewed the colorful coral-lined seas off the U.S. coasts while sitting comfortably in submersibles designed to carry over 40 passengers. Seven tourist submersibles have been operating in ...
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Table of Contents
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FRONT MATTER	i-xvi	(skim)
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION AND OUTLOOK	1-13	(skim)
CHAPTER 2: EXISTING PROCEDURES FOR CLASSIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION...	14-18	(skim)
CHAPTER 3: TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF SYSTEM DESIGN	19-30	(skim)
CHAPTER 4: SYSTEM SAFETY ISSUES	31-34	(skim)
CHAPTER 5: OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS	35-44	(skim)
NOTES	45-46	(skim)
APPENDIX A: DRAFT OF U.S. COAST GUARD CIRCULAR ON PASSENGER SUBMERSIBLES	47-93	(skim)
APPENDIX B: SUGGESTED INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS	94-96	(skim)
APPENDIX C: OPERATIONAL SAFETY	97-100	(skim)
APPENDIX D: COMMENTARY ON TRAINING	101-103	(skim)
APPENDIX E: CONTINGENCY PLANNING AND PREPARATION	104-107	(skim)
APPENDIX F: OTHER RELEVANT CONTINGENCY PLANS	108-139	(skim)
GLOSSARY	140-142	(skim)

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Over the past four years more than three-quarters of a million tourists have viewed the colorful coral-lined seas off the U.S. coasts while sitting comfortably in submersibles designed to carry over 40 passengers. Seven tourist submersibles have been operating in U.S. waters, and their safety record has been good. The primary concern, however, is that regulations and procedures will ensure that future submersibles builders and operators meet the same or better standards than are found in present operations.

This volume examines the development of the tourist submarines industry throughout the world and explores the problems involved with strengthening the Coast Guard's capability of providing the oversight and expertise needed to certify and inspect tourist submersibles. It identifies the needs for system redundancy, hazards analysis, and quality control and recommends ways to enhance emergency rescue capabilities and management of passenger safety.

The book also addresses concerns about small two- or three passenger submarines that do not now fall under the Coast Guard's safety purview.

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