Missouri: the company was aware of the defects of the sinking ship

The sinking of the ship killed 17 people, including 9 from the same family, on Thursday night near the town of Branson. The victims ranged in age from 1 to 70.

The vessel carrying tourists overturned on Table Rock Lake during a violent storm and sank in.

Steve Paul, owner of the inspection service Test Drive Technologies, reported that it sent a report to the company operating the boat in August 2017, in which it explained that the engines and pumps that evacuate the water in the hulls (19659002) He also told the Associated Press that the roof of this type of pbadenger boat could prevent pbadengers from escaping if the boat sank in the water.

This concern was also raised after a similar shipwreck that killed 13 people in Arkansas in 1999.

Fourteen people survived Thursday's sinking, seven of whom were hospitalized.

The pilot of the ship lost his life, but the captain survived. Several witnesses of the sinking, including a police officer who was not on duty, plunged into the rough waters to help the victims.

Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board, a federal agency, must shed light on the events .