A fishing trawler crashed onto rocks on one of the Blasket Islands off the Kerry coast earlier this year after a crew member on board fell asleep at the wheel, an investigation has revealed.
A report by the Marine Casualty Investigation Board said the accident might have been prevented if the crew did not have to leave the vessel’s wheelhouse to make a hot drink.
The FV Dearbhla, with five crew on board, struck rocks on Inish na Bró while passing through the Blasket Sound last May.
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The crew was unharmed.
