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ON
ALASKA'S BERING SEA,

AN EXPERIENCED CREW
SUDDENLY VANISHES.

IT WAS LIKE THAT.

LEAVING
INVESTIGATORS BAFFLED.

ALL OF A SUDDEN
IT JUST DISAPPEARS.

WHAT HAPPENED
TO THOSE GUYS?

WE HAD NO EYEWITNESSES,
AND WE HAD NO VESSEL.

THEY UNCOVER
A STRING OF CLUES.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE

FOLLOWING A TRAIL
OF BREADCRUMBS.

LEADING UP TO THE
FINAL MOMENTS OF A DISASTER.

ALL THOSE
FACTORS ACCUMULATED

AT THAT ONE SINGLE
SPOT AND TIME.

THAT WOULD
LEAVE A COMMUNITY STUNNED.

IT WAS JUST
A TOTAL SHOCK.

EVERYBODY FELT
THEIR OWN MORTALITY.

IT COULD HAPPEN TO ME.

ABANDON SHIP!

GO!

OFF
THE COAST OF ALASKA,

THE 110-FOOT FISHING
BOAT, DESTINATION,

IS HEADING NORTHWEST ACROSS
THE FRIGID BERING SEA.

THE CAPTAIN IS JEFF HATHAWAY.

HE'S BEEN IN COMMAND OF THE
DESTINATION FOR 23 YEARS.

JEFF WAS A VERY
SAVVY FISHERMAN,

VERY, VERY
INTELLIGENT AND SMART,

AND HE JUST HAD A KNACK FOR IT.

CONFIDENT
AND METICULOUS,

JUST THE KIND OF CAPTAIN
YOU WANT TO WORK FOR.

OPILIO
CRAB SEASON IS UNDERWAY.

64 BOATS ARE CARVING
UP THESE WATERS,

SOAKING THEIR POTS
AGAIN AND AGAIN,

LOOKING FOR THAT BIG MONEY HAUL.

FOR THE CREWS, IT'S
WEEKS OF ROUGH SEAS,

BRUTAL COLD, AND
BACK-BREAKING WORK.

THE CAPTAIN CAN'T
WAIT TO GET AT IT.

JEFF, HE
COULD FIND THEM.

HE COULD FIND THEM IN
A MUD PUDDLE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE FOUGHT TO
GET A JOB ON THAT BOAT.

YOU CAN
HAVE HUGE SEASONS

- WHERE YOU MAKE SIX
- FIGURE PAY CHEQUES.

OR YOU COULD NOT MAKE ANYTHING.

YOU NEVER KNOW, THAT'S
PART OF THE ROMANCE OF IT.

DESTINATION IS
HEADING FROM DUTCH HARBOR

TO THE CRABBING GROUNDS MORE
THAN 250 MILES TO THE NORTH.

HEY, LARRY O.

VETERAN
FISHERMAN LARRY O'GRADY

HAS BEEN WITH THE SHIP ALMOST
AS LONG AS THE CAPTAIN.

LUNCH IS UP, SO
GET SOMETHING TO EAT.

SOUNDS GOOD.

KEEP OUR HEADING, OKAY?

YOU GOT IT.

THANKS, LARRY.

IF YOU MET LARRY,
YOU'D NEVER EVER FORGET HIM.

HE WAS A PERSONALITY THAT
WAS BIGGER THAN LIFE.

HE ALWAYS WAS THERE
TO HELP SOMEONE.

IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW
HOW TO DO SOMETHING,

HE WAS WILLING TO TEACH YOU.

THE OTHER
FOUR CREW MEMBERS ABOARD

ARE SHIP'S ENGINEER
CHARLES GLENN JONES,

AND DECKHANDS, RAYMOND VINCLER,

DARRIK SEIBOLD, AND KAI HAMIK.

WELL DONE!

THEY'VE
JUST FINISHED

A GRUELING MONTH
FISHING FOR COD.

YOU KNOW, YOU HAD
THE PERFECT COMBINATION

OF YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE
ON THAT BOAT.

THEY WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST,

HARDEST WORKING GROUP
OF GUYS I'VE EVER MET.

OH, YEY, YEY, YEY, YEY!

THEY'D HATE EACH
OTHER, LOVE EACH OTHER,

WANNA HATE EACH OTHER,
IT WAS LIKE A BIG FAMILY.

THE NEXT VIDEO,
WE'RE GONNA START,

WE'RE GONNA MAKE, LIKE, A
SERIES OF LIFE ON THE SHIP.

MY BROTHER, DARRIK,

SOMEBODY I DEFINITELY
LOOKED UP TO.

HE IS FULL OF LIFE,
COMMITTED AND DEDICATED

TO HIS SON, HIS FAMILY.

WELCOME TO
THE DESTINATION.

TELL OUR ADORING
FANS AT HOME

WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON HERE.

KAI, HE WAS KIND
OF A PRANKSTER.

HE WAS THE ONLY ONE SMART ENOUGH

TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO
RUN A VIDEO CAMERA.

SO, TO CATCH CRAB,
YOU NEED CRAB POTS.

700 POUNDS OF PURE JOY.

AND WE WERE ALWAYS
FILMING STUFF AND, YOU KNOW,

TRYING TO MAKE OURSELVES LOOK
LIKE MOVIE STARS.

WHERE THE CRAB
COMES FROM, IT'S US!

ALL RIGHT, THIS IS IT.

SEE YOU ON THE NEXT ONE, GUYS.

ALL RIGHT.

THE
DESTINATION'S DECK

CAN SUPPORT 224 CRAB POTS.

THREE MASSIVE FISH
HOLDS CAN CARRY

ABOUT 240,000 POUNDS OF CATCH.

FORWARD IS THE GALLEY, CREW
QUARTERS, AND WHEELHOUSE.

IT WAS JUST A
BATTLE-AXE, A WORK MACHINE.

IT WAS A GOOD BOAT TO WORK ON.

IN THE COMING DAYS,

THEY'LL BE DROPPING THEIR POTS,

HOPING TO HIT A
MOTHERLODE OF CRAB.

I LIKE TO THINK OF IT

AS FISHING FOR, LIKE,
A HERD ANIMAL.

LIKE YOU'RE ON THE SERENGETI
TRYING TO CATCH WILDEBEESTS

AND THEY'RE MOVING,
THEY'RE CONSTANTLY MOVING,

AND THEY'RE CONSTANTLY GRAZING,

SO YOU'RE TRYING TO
FOLLOW THIS VEIN OF CRAB.

IF THEY FIND
THE CRAB, IT'S A BIG PAYDAY.

YOU'RE MAKING
MONEY HAND OVER FIST,

IT'S A GREAT FEELING.

BUT THE BERING SEA

DOESN'T GIVE UP
ITS CATCH EASILY.

YOU GOT TROPICAL
STORMS COMING OUT FROM ASIA,

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT COLD
WEATHER COMING FROM THE NORTH,

WHICH IS KIND OF A GOOD
RECIPE FOR REALLY BAD WEATHER.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL
HELL, IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO FISH

IN 50-MILE-AN-HOUR WINDS,

20, 30-FOOT WAVES.

IF YOU'RE AN ADRENALINE JUNKIE,

IT'S THE PERFECT JOB FOR YOU.

AS DESTINATION
TRAVELS FARTHER NORTH,

THE BERING SEA BEGINS
TO SHOW ITS TEETH.

IT'S PICKED
UP OUT THERE.

YOU WANNA TAKE THE BOYS
TO CHECK THE STACKS?

I WANT EVERYTHING
NICE AND TIGHT.

YEAH, OKAY, WILL DO.

HEY, FELLAS, IT'S LOOKING
A LITTLE DODGY OUT THERE.

LET'S GET OUT THERE AND
TIGHTEN UP THE STACK.

OH, NO, 'CAUSE I
HAD YOU BEAT AND YOU KNOW IT.

WITH THE MOTION OF THE
OCEAN, THE POTS WILL SHIFT,

AND YOUR CHAINS MIGHT LOOSEN UP,

SO YOU'VE GOT TO TIGHTEN
THEM FROM TIME TO TIME.

A COUPLE GUYS WILL
CLIMB UP ON THE STACKS,

USUALLY WITH LIFE JACKETS,
AND TIGHTEN THE CHAINS UP.

IT HELPS THE POTS FROM SHIFTING

AND POTENTIALLY
FALLING OVERBOARD.

SOON THEY'LL
BE LAUNCHING THOSE POTS

OVER THE SIDE, AND THE
HEAVY WORK WILL BEGIN.

USUALLY AT NIGHT
OR IN THE MORNING,

WHEN THEY WOULD RUN TO
THE FISHING GROUNDS,

JEFF ALWAYS LET THE CREW SLEEP,

SO THAT THEY WERE READY TO WORK.

DESTINATION
HUGS THE COAST

OF ST. GEORGE ISLAND,

LEAVING IT BEHIND
JUST BEFORE 6:00 A.M.

OFF THE NORTHWEST TIP
CALLED DALNOI POINT.

ONCE YOU'VE
PASSED DALNOI POINT,

YOU'RE BACK IN THE OPEN WATER.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE
LOT OF PROTECTION THERE.

THE WEATHER CAN BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE EXTREME.

IT CAN CHANGE REALLY QUICK.

THEY'VE
WEATHERED THIS ROUGH PATCH

MANY TIMES BEFORE.

BUT NOT THIS TIME.

FISHING
VESSEL DESTINATION.

FISHING VESSEL DESTINATION.

THIS IS COASTGUARD
AIRCRAFT, CHANNEL 1-6.

AT 6:15 A.M., THE
COAST GUARD RECEIVES A SIGNAL

FROM DESTINATION'S
EMERGENCY BEACON.

IT'S TRIGGERED WHEN
SUBMERGED IN WATER.

USUALLY,
MORE TIMES THAN NOT,

IT MEANS, OKAY, THE BOAT SUNK.

FISHING
VESSEL DESTINATION.

THIS IS UNITED
STATES COASTGUARD.

WHETHER THEY'RE
FLOATING IN THE WATER,

OR IN THE LIFE RAFT, OR
IN THEIR SURVIVAL SUITS,

NOBODY KNOWS.

THE COAST
GUARD RESCUE TEAM

IS MORE THAN TWO HOURS AWAY.

DESTINATION, DESTINATION,
THIS IS SILVER SPRAY.

NEARBY VESSELS ARE
ASKED TO HELP IN THE SEARCH.

AROUND 6:30, THEY CALLED
US UP ON THE SILVER SPRAY

AND ASKED US TO CALL OUT

TO THE DESTINATION
ON OUR VHF RADIO.

CAPTAIN BILL PROUT,

ABOARD THE CRAB
BOAT SILVER SPRAY,

RESPONDS IMMEDIATELY.

DESTINATION, THIS
IS SILVER SPRAY.

PLEASE COME IN.

WE TRIED HAILING ON THE
RADIO A FEW MORE TIMES.

DESTINATION, THIS
IS SILVER SPRAY.

NO RESPONSE.

THERE'S SOMETHING
NOT RIGHT HERE.

DESTINATION, DESTINATION,
THIS IS SILVER SPRAY.

COME IN.

CAPTAIN PROUT
KNOWS IF DESTINATION'S CREW

IS IN TROUBLE IN
THESE FRIGID WATERS,

EVERY PASSING MINUTE COULD MEAN

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH.

DESTINATION, THIS
IS SILVER SPRAY.

DO YOU COPY?

ON
THE BERING SEA...

FISHING
VESSEL DESTINATION,

FISHING VESSEL DESTINATION.

THIS IS COASTGUARD
AIRCRAFT CHANNEL 1-6.

IT'S
BEEN NEARLY FOUR HOURS

SINCE THE FISHING VESSEL
DESTINATION'S DISTRESS SIGNAL.

FISHING
VESSEL DESTINATION,

FISHING VESSEL DESTINATION.

COAST GUARD
AIRCRAFT HAVE ARRIVED

OFF ST. GEORGE ISLAND,
AND ARE SWEEPING THE AREA.

CAPTAIN BILL PROUT
OF THE SILVER SPRAY

HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE
SINCE BEFORE SUNRISE.

HE'S STILL HOPING TO
FIND THE MISSING CREW.

YOU'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING
THERE, TOO, YOU JUST,

YOU'RE LOOKING, YOU'RE
JUST LOOKING FOR

MAYBE SOMEBODY IN A
SURVIVAL SUIT SWIMMING,

MAYBE SEEING A FLARE, YOU'RE
JUST NOT, NOT KNOWING.

MY CREW, THEY'RE UP
IN THE WHEELHOUSE.

THEY'RE OUT ON THE BACK DECK.

YOU JUST KEEP
LOOKING AND LOOKING,

"OKAY, WE'RE GONNA
FIND THE LIFE RAFT.

"WE'RE GONNA FIND THEM HERE."

IT'S QUITE A THING WHEN
YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR SOMEBODY

AND YOU CAN'T FIND THEM, AND
YOU KNOW THEY'RE RIGHT THERE.

WE START SEEING SOME DEBRIS.

WE FIND A LIFE RING.

A WAVE HIT IT, FLIPPED
THAT LIFE RING OVER.

THEN YOU SEE THE WORD
DESTINATION ON IT.

THEN WE'RE KIND OF REALIZING
SOMETHING DID HAPPEN.

THE COAST GUARD HELICOPTER
WAS DIRECTING US

TO A COUPLE PIECES OF DEBRIS.

AND WE FOUND THE EPIRB.

THAT IS THE EMERGENCY BEACON.

IT WAS TAPED TO A PIECE OF LINE.

IT WAS MAYBE ABOUT 30 FEET LONG.

BUT THAT DIDN'T GET
TAPED BY ITSELF.

SOMEBODY HAD GOTTEN THE EPIRB
AND TAPED THAT ON THERE,

MAYBE WAS TRYING
TO HANG ON TO IT.

IT WAS SURREAL.

THIS HAPPENED QUITE A WHILE AGO

AND YOU START THINKING
ABOUT IT, AND YOU GO,

"WOW, THIS, IT'S
STILL VERY TOUCHING."

YOUR HEART'S SINKING RIGHT
WITH THESE PEOPLE AS YOU LOOK.

A CRAB
BOAT FROM SEATTLE

VANISHES IN THE BERING SEA.

RESCUE TEAMS SEARCHING NOW
FOR THE SIX CREW MEMBERS.

THE COAST
GUARD HAS TWO HELICOPTERS

SEARCHING FROM THE AIR.

THEY ALSO HAVE TWO GOOD
SAMARITAN FISHING VESSELS

HELPING THEM ON THE
WATER, BUT AT THIS HOUR,

STILL NO SIGN OF ANY
OF THOSE CREW MEMBERS.

THE
AIR AND SEA SEARCH

CONTINUES FOR MORE
THAN THREE DAYS.

I WAS STANDING
NEXT TO A PHONE,

WAITING FOR THE COAST GUARD
TO CALL YOU FOR ANY UPDATE.

IT'S UNBEARABLE.

IT PROBABLY TOOK 10 YEARS
OFF OF MY LIFE, YOU KNOW,

THAT KIND OF STRESS AND
CONCERN FOR MY FRIENDS.

I WAS STILL HOPING
AND PRAYING THAT

THEY'D FIND A LIFE RAFT, YOU
KNOW, EVEN DAYS AFTER THE FACT.

EVERYBODY HAS HOPE.

WE'RE GONNA FIND THEM JUST
BEFORE IT GETS DARK OUT.

WE'RE GONNA SEE A
LIGHT AND ALL THAT.

YOU'RE STILL BRINGING ALL
THESE SCENARIOS IN THERE

AND JUST, NONE OF
THEM CAME TRUE.

THE SAD
UPDATE ON THE SEARCH

FOR THAT SEATTLE CRAB BOAT
THAT VANISHED IN ALASKA.

THE COAST GUARD
CALLED OFF ITS SEARCH

FOR THE DESTINATION LAST NIGHT.

I MADE IT HOME
AND I'M SAFE,

AND THEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS.

IT'S JUST TOO CLOSE TO HOME.

HE'S BEEN FISHING IN
ALASKA FOR CLOSE TO 30 YEARS.

WHATEVER DID HAPPEN
HAPPENED VERY FAST.

THE CAPTAIN
AND ALL FIVE CREW

ARE PRESUMED DEAD.

IT'S THE WORST ACCIDENT

IN THE ALASKA CRABBING INDUSTRY

IN MORE THAN A DECADE.

OH, IT'S HEART
WRENCHING, YOU KNOW,

IT'S HEART WRENCHING,

ESPECIALLY, GOOD CREW
AND GREAT CAPTAIN,

AND SO IT WAS JUST
A TOTAL SHOCK.

I PRAY THAT THEY

WERE ALL IN THEIR
BUNKS, SLEEPING,

NOT KNOWING WHAT
WAS GONNA HAPPEN.

I DID NOT WANT LARRY TO
KNOW HE WAS GONNA DROWN.

I JUST DIDN'T WANT HIM TO KNOW.

LOSING MY BROTHER,
IT'S BEEN A HARD VOID TO FILL.

IN THE CRABBING
HUB OF DUTCH HARBOR,

WHAT CAUSED THE RESPECTED
SHIP TO SUDDENLY SINK?

AND COULD IT HAPPEN AGAIN?

THE COAST GUARD
CONVENES A MARINE BOARD,

ITS HIGHEST LEVEL
OF INVESTIGATION.

COMMANDER SCOTT MULLER
IS ASSIGNED TO LEAD IT.

AND HE'S COME TO DUTCH
HARBOR LOOKING FOR ANSWERS.

SIX FISHERMAN
LOST THEIR LIVES,

AND SIX FAMILIES WERE
FOREVER AFFECTED BY THAT.

WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP?

MULLER
MEETS SCOTT WILWERT,

A COAST GUARD FISHING
VESSEL SAFETY COORDINATOR

WHO'S BEEN WORKING IN
THIS REGION FOR 20 YEARS.

IT'S A TIGHT COMMUNITY,

AND EVERYONE KNOWS EVERYONE,

OR HAS FISHED WITH SOMEONE.

THIS WAS
DESTINATION'S LAST PORT OF CALL,

AND IT'S VITAL TO
THE INVESTIGATION.

THERE WILL
PROBABLY BE THINGS

THAT MAY GIVE YOU A PICTURE

OF WHAT THE LAST DAYS OF
THE DESTINATION LOOKED LIKE,

PLACES THAT THEY LOADED,
DRY STORES, BAIT, FUEL.

DID ANYONE SENSE THAT
ANYTHING MAY HAVE BEEN AMISS

WITH THE VESSEL OR THE CREW?

SO, IT'S KIND OF LIKE FOLLOWING
A TRAIL OF BREADCRUMBS.

HEY, MORNING,
HOW ARE YOU?

DO YOU MIND IF I ASK
YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS?

DOUG SHELFORD.

ONE VESSEL THAT WE
WERE ABLE TO GET ON BOARD

WAS THE ALEUTIAN LADY.

THE CAPTAIN
IS DOUG SHELFORD.

HE WAS ON THE BERING SEA AT
THE TIME OF THE DISASTER,

AND SPOKE TO CAPTAIN
HATHAWAY IN THE HOURS BEFORE.

I'VE KNOWN JEFF
A LONG TIME.

HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST.

THEN DOUG
WAS VISIBLY UPSET.

YOU KNOW, JEFF AND DOUG,

THEY MAY HAVE BEEN
THE LAST TWO PEOPLE

THAT EITHER OF THEM
SPOKE WITH THAT NIGHT.

JEFF, HOW'S IT
GOING OUT THERE?

HEY DOUG,
IT'S GOING GOOD.

PASSING
ALONG STRATEGIES,

PASSING ALONG INFORMATION,

NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

IT WAS BASIC FISHING TALK.

THERE IS ONE THING.

WHAT'S THAT?

YOU GUYS
BRINGING EXTRA BAIT?

OH YEAH, GOT A
WHOLE BUNCH OF IT.

THEY WERE RUNNING OUT
OF BAIT UP AT SAINT PAUL,

SO JEFF WAS BRINGING EXTRA.

HOW MUCH EXTRA?

I HONESTLY
COULDN'T TELL YOU.

THERE WAS A SHORTAGE
OF BAIT OUT AT ST. PAUL,

THAT'S THE FISHING REGION
THEY WERE GONNA BE IN.

SO, JEFF WAS ABLE TO
PURCHASE ADDITIONAL BAIT

OUT OF THIS FISH COLD STORAGE
FACILITY IN DUTCH HARBOR.

THAT EXTRA
BAIT WAS PICKED UP

JUST A FEW HOURS
BEFORE DESTINATION LEFT

ON ITS FINAL VOYAGE.

THEY WERE HERE FOR
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR

BETWEEN 6:30 AND 7:00 P.M.

SPOKE TO THE MANAGER
THERE AND THE MANAGER EXPLAINED,

"YEAH, THEY WERE IN
HERE, THEY COLLECTED

"A FEW THOUSAND POUNDS OF BAIT."

THEY ALSO DISCOVER

A PIECE OF EYE-OPENING EVIDENCE.

THERE WAS A VIDEO
THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN

OF THE DESTINATION
PULLING INTO THE DOCK.

SO IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY
TO SEE HER LOADED

AND IN ALMOST HER
FINAL LOADED CONDITION.

WHEN YOU SEE A VIDEO OF A VESSEL

THAT YOU KNOW WAS
TAKEN MOMENTS, HOURS

BEFORE WHAT TURNED OUT
TO BE ITS FINAL VOYAGE,

IT'S A VERY STRANGE FEELING.

WHEN DESTINATION
FIRST PULLED INTO THE DOCK,

IT WAS ALREADY CARRYING
LOADS OF BAIT IN ITS FREEZER,

AND ON A DECK STACKED
WITH 200 CRAB POTS.

NEAR THE END OF THE VIDEO,

INVESTIGATORS CATCH SOMETHING

THAT TAKES THEM BY SURPRISE.

THEY SEE THE SHIP'S
ON-BOARD CRANE

LOADING MORE THAN 7,000
POUNDS OF EXTRA BAIT

DIRECTLY ON TOP OF
THE CRAB POT STACK.

THAT'S A LOT OF
WEIGHT UP ON TOP.

ADDING WEIGHT HIGH ON A VESSEL,

THAT'S NEVER A GOOD THING.

WHEN YOU LOAD HEAVY
WEIGHT ON BOARD A VESSEL,

YOU WANT TO KEEP IT LOW
AND CENTERLINE AS POSSIBLE.

THE
EXTRA WEIGHT ON TOP

WOULD RAISE THE VESSEL'S
CENTER OF GRAVITY,

MAKING IT LESS STABLE
IN OCEAN WAVES.

STABILITY IS PROBABLY
ONE OF THE COMMON DENOMINATORS

IN EVERY VESSEL
SINKING AND CAPSIZING.

AROUND 7:00
P.M., DESTINATION PULLED AWAY

WITH JUST OVER 7,000 POUNDS
OF BAIT ON TOP OF ITS STACK.

DID THE EXTRA WEIGHT UP HIGH
SOMEHOW TRIGGER THE DISASTER?

INVESTIGATORS NEED TO FIND OUT.

VIDEO EVIDENCE HAS GIVEN THE
DESTINATION INVESTIGATORS

MORE THAN 7,000 POUNDS
OF BAIT LOADED HIGH,

THAT COULD HAVE MADE THE
SHIP DANGEROUSLY UNSTABLE.

THAT'S A LOT OF
WEIGHT UP ON TOP.

THIS WAS THE EXACT OPPOSITE

OF CONVENTIONAL STABILITY WISDOM

TO LOAD THAT WEIGHT SO UP HIGH.

THEY WANT TO KNOW
IF IT WENT TO SEA LIKE THIS.

WE WERE TRAVELING
AROUND DUTCH HARBOR

TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT THE STEPS

THAT THE DESTINATION HAD TAKEN.

THEY LEARN
THE CREW MADE ONE MORE STOP

FOR DINNER BEFORE
LEAVING DUTCH HARBOR.

I WENT DOWN TO WHERE
THEY WERE TIED UP,

PAID THEM A VISIT AND, YOU
KNOW, CAUGHT UP WITH EVERYBODY.

DYLAN, I HEARD
YOU WERE HERE.

NICE TO SEE YOU, MAN.

DYLAN
WAS A CREW MEMBER

ABOARD THE DESTINATION
FOR SIX YEARS,

BUT THIS SEASON, HE'S BEEN
WORKING ON ANOTHER BOAT.

I GOT TO HANG OUT
WITH MY BROTHER,

ASKED HIM HOW HE'S DOING,
AND IF HE NEEDED ANYTHING,

IF HE NEEDED ANY
GLOVES OR RAIN GEAR.

RIGHT, LITTLE BROTHER,
ALWAYS LOOKING AFTER ME.

NO, I GOT MY OWN
STUFF, I'M GOOD.

WE JUST KIND OF CAUGHT
UP, GAVE HIM A HUG,

AND TOLD HIM I LOVED
HIM AND PARTED WAYS.

STAY WARM.

IT'S THE LAST TIME
DYLAN WOULD SEE HIS BROTHER

OR ANY OF HIS FORMER CREW MATES.

AS FOR THE BAIT, DYLAN
DOESN'T RECALL SEEING

WHERE IT WAS STORED THAT NIGHT.

WE ASKED DYLAN, "DO
YOU EVER RECALL JEFF

"LOADING BAIT ON TOP LIKE THAT?"

AND HE SAID, "ONCE
OR TWICE, IT'S RARE."

FORMER CREW
MEMBER PATRIC GAFFNEY

IS CONVINCED THEY WOULD
NEVER HAVE LEFT IT THERE.

IN MY OPINION, IT
WAS JUST RESTED ON TOP

OF THE CRAB STACK,
JUST FOR TEMPORARY,

KIND OF GET OUT OF THE
WAY, SO THE NEXT BOAT

COULD COME INTO THE DOCK
AND GET THEIR SUPPLIES.

EASY, EASY.

AND
THEN THEY'D TAKE IT

FROM ON TOP OF THE CRAB STACK

AND SECURE IT DOWN ON
THE DECK OF THE BOAT

WHERE IT'S NOT MOVING
AROUND ON THE OPEN OCEAN.

WITH NO WAY
TO PROVE THE EXTRA BAIT

WAS ON TOP OF THE
STACK WHEN DESTINATION

HEADED OUT ONTO THE OPEN SEA...

-GOOD MORNING.
-GOOD MORNING.

THE
INVESTIGATION HAS TO CONSIDER

OTHER POSSIBILITIES.

VETERAN INVESTIGATOR
JIM GILLETTE

HAS ALSO BEEN
ASSIGNED TO THE TEAM.

WE WANTED TO KNOW,

WHY DID THIS HAPPEN
TO THE DESTINATION

AND NOT THE OTHER VESSELS
THAT WERE UP THERE?

LET'S TAKE
A LOOK AT THE AIS.

INVESTIGATORS
DON'T HAVE A WRECK

OR ANY SURVIVORS, BUT THEY
DO HAVE A DETAILED RECORD

OF EVERY MOVE THE SHIP MADE
THROUGHOUT ITS JOURNEY.

AIS IS AUTOMATIC
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM.

TRANSPONDERS ON A
VESSEL WILL BROADCAST

A VESSEL'S POSITION AND
DISPLAY IT ON A MAP.

THEY TRACE
DESTINATION'S SPEED

AND COURSE CHANGES,
LOOKING FOR ANY SIGN

THE SHIP IS HAVING TROUBLE.

LEAVE DUTCH
HARBOR ON THE 9TH,

JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT,
AND HEAD NORTH.

THEY SLOW DOWN AND
CHANGE COURSE TWICE,

HERE FOR 10 MINUTES, AND
HERE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.

THE TRACKING
DATA SHOWS DESTINATION

SLOWED DOWN AND TURNED
INTO THE WIND TWICE.

MAYBE THEY'RE
WORKING ON SOMETHING?

IT'S COMMON PRACTICE.

THEY MIGHT TURN INTO
THE SEAS, SLOW DOWN.

THAT WAY, THEY CAN WORK ON DECK.

WE WERE WONDERING IF THEY
HAD MECHANICAL ISSUES,

OR ANY KIND OF FLOODING.

THEN,
IN THE FINAL MINUTES

OF THE TRACKING DATA, THEY
SEE THE DISASTER UNFOLD.

GO BACK.

ON THE AIS, WHAT
WE SAW WAS THE VESSEL

TAKE A HARD STARBOARD TURN.

THEY SEE THAT
AT 6:10 IN THE MORNING,

DESTINATION SUDDENLY
MADE A HARD RIGHT TURN,

AND WENT INTO A BIZARRE
256-DEGREE SPIN.

THE MOTION OF THE
VESSEL CONTINUED ON,

BUT IT PIVOTED.

IT'S PRETTY SHOCKING TO
SEE A VESSEL BEHAVE LIKE THAT.

THREE
MINUTES LATER,

THE SHIP'S EMERGENCY
BEACON GOES OFF.

THEN ITS AIS SIGNAL
SUDDENLY DISAPPEARS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S
THE MOMENT THAT

SIX PEOPLE LOST THEIR LIVES.

SEEING THE FINAL
MOMENTS ON THE AIS

IS HEARTBREAKING.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK
ABOUT THE CREW.

YOU THINK ABOUT THE FAMILY.

WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GUYS?

WHATEVER IT WAS,
IT HAPPENED FAST.

THE AIS DATA HAS
ONLY DEEPENED THE MYSTERY.

SOMETHING MUST HAVE
CAUSED DESTINATION

TO SPIN IN ITS FINAL MOMENTS.

MAYBE
SOMETHING MECHANICAL?

SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS,

THEY MEET WITH DESTINATION'S
OWNER IN SEATTLE

TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT
THE VESSEL'S HISTORY.

THE MEETING WITH THE
OWNER IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

HE PURCHASED THE VESSEL,
HE FIXED THE VESSEL,

HE PICKED THE CAPTAIN.

HE WAS AN INVOLVED OWNER.

IT'S ALL HERE,

INVOICES, RECEIPTS, PLANS.

SO WE WANTED
TO KNOW ABOUT,

WERE THERE ARE ANY KNOWN
ISSUES WITH THE VESSEL,

ANY KNOWN MECHANICAL PROBLEMS?

HOW WAS THE VESSEL
MAINTAINED IN THE PAST?

SOMETHING IN THE
SHIP'S MAINTENANCE HISTORY

CATCHES THEIR ATTENTION.

LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD SOME
WORK DONE ON THE STEERING.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, WE
HAD IT DONE LAST SUMMER.

WE LEARNED
THAT THE RUDDER

WOULD STICK HARD
OVER TO ONE SIDE.

DESTINATION
HAD EXPERIENCED

A PROBLEM WITH ITS
STEERING SYSTEM

THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO
TURN HARD TO ONE SIDE,

LIKE THEY OBSERVED ON
THE AIS TRACKING MAP,

JUST BEFORE THE VESSEL SANK.

STEERING WAS
DEFINITELY ON OUR MIND.

THEY HAD TAKEN A
HARD STARBOARD TURN,

SO THERE MAY HAVE
BEEN STEERING ISSUES.

THEY HAD PROBLEMS IN THE
PAST WITH THEIR STEERING.

MAYBE IT HAPPENED AGAIN.

DID A PROBLEM
WITH THE STEERING SYSTEM

TRIGGER THE SUDDEN TURN?

AND DID THAT TURN SOMEHOW
CAUSE THE DESTINATION TO SINK?

INVESTIGATORS ARE
DETERMINED TO FIND OUT.

INVESTIGATORS HAVE DISCOVERED
THE FISHING VESSEL DESTINATION

EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS
WITH ITS STEERING SYSTEM

IN THE YEARS LEADING
UP TO THE ACCIDENT.

HOW YOU DOING?

THEY
QUESTION MECHANICS

WHO WORKED ON THE VESSEL

TO SEE IF THERE MIGHT
BE A CONNECTION.

COULD YOU WALK US
THROUGH THE WORK THAT WAS DONE?

FORMER
CREW RECALL STRUGGLES

WITH THE BOAT'S
STEERING IN THE PAST.

THE RUDDER'S
CONTROLLED BY HYDRAULICS

AND IT WAS GETTING
A LITTLE OLDER.

IF THE RUDDER JAMS, IT
COULD CAUSE THE BOAT

TO TURN HARD OVER TO
ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER

TO MAKE THE STABILITY
OF THE BOAT JEOPARDIZED

TO POTENTIALLY FLIP IT OVER.

SHE'S NOT
RESPONDING, LARRY.

THE
MOST RECENT INCIDENT

OCCURRED ABOUT A YEAR
BEFORE THE TRAGEDY.

YEAH, WE TOOK THE
WHOLE SYSTEM APART.

MECHANICS
FOUND SMALL PARTICULATES

OF CONTAMINANT IN
THE HYDRAULIC SYSTEM

THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED
THE RUDDER TO MALFUNCTION.

STEERING SYSTEMS
ARE CLOSED SYSTEMS.

SO IF FOR SOME REASON YOU
GET, LIKE, DEBRIS IN IT,

IT WILL CAUSE, LIKE,
A STICKING ACTION.

BASICALLY, IT
WAS A COMPLETE TEAR DOWN

AND REBUILD OF THE
STEERING SYSTEM.

THEY ACTUALLY DID
SIGNIFICANT OVERHAUL

AND REPAIRS TO THE
VESSEL STEERING SYSTEM.

THEY TESTED THE SYSTEM, AND
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES,

IT WAS ALMOST THAT
A BRAND-NEW SYSTEM

THAT WAS OPERATING CORRECTLY.

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IT HAD A
STEERING FAILURE AT THAT TIME?

SURE, BUT HIGHLY UNLIKELY,

ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE
EXTENSIVE REPAIRS

IT JUST WENT THROUGH.

THE STEERING
APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN FIXED,

BUT INVESTIGATORS WANT TO
KNOW MORE ABOUT THE SHIP'S

OVERALL CONDITION AT
THE TIME OF THE SINKING.

-THANK YOU.
-NO PROBLEM.

I THINK WE NEED TO
TAKE A CLOSER LOOK

AT THE CHANGES THEY
MADE TO THIS SHIP.

THEY DIG
DEEPER INTO ITS PAST.

WE WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT ANY MODIFICATIONS

OR CHANGES TO THE
VESSEL STRUCTURE

SINCE IT WAS
ORIGINALLY OBTAINED.

DESTINATION
WAS BUILT IN 1981.

11 YEARS LATER, IT WAS MODIFIED

TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR
WORK ON THE OPEN SEA.

THEY DECIDED TO
WIDEN IT AND EXPAND IT.

THE
SHIP WAS LENGTHENED

BY NEARLY 17 FEET AND WIDENED.

A SOLID STEEL BULWARK WAS ADDED

TO SHELTER THE FORWARD DECK,

AND A BULBOUS BOW WAS INSTALLED

TO MAKE FOR A SMOOTHER,
MORE FUEL-EFFICIENT RIDE.

ANYTIME A
VESSEL ADDS METAL,

THINGS LIKE THE BULBOUS
BOW AND THE BULWARK,

IT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN.

ALL OF THESE CHANGES ADDED

A LOT OF EXTRA
WEIGHT TO THE SHIP.

WE WANTED TO KNOW, DID
ANY OF THESE CHANGES

AFFECT THE STABILITY
OF THIS VESSEL?

ACCORDING TO
COAST GUARD REGULATIONS,

THAT CALLS FOR INSPECTION.

THE VESSEL OWNER

IS REQUIRED TO HIRE
A NAVAL ARCHITECT

TO EVALUATE ANY CHANGES
TO THE VESSEL STABILITY.

THIS KIND
OF EVALUATION IS USED

TO UPDATE A SHIP'S
STABILITY BOOK.

A STABILITY BOOK
HELPS ASSIST THE CAPTAIN

IN MAKING GOOD DECISIONS
ON LOADING HIS VESSEL,

WHAT'S GOING TO KEEP
THE VESSEL STABLE,

HOW HE WOULD LOAD THE VESSEL,

AND HOW MANY CRAB POTS
HE'S ABLE TO CARRY.

BASICALLY IT'S LIKE A
GUIDELINE FOR THE CAPTAIN,

TO KEEP THE BOAT STABLE.

LOOKING AT
DESTINATION'S STABILITY BOOK,

INVESTIGATORS FIND
SOMETHING ALARMING.

THIS STABILITY REPORT
WAS DONE MORE THAN 20 YEARS AGO.

THE STABILITY BOOK WAS
WRITTEN BACK IN 1993,

AND IT WASN'T
ACCURATELY UPDATED.

THAT'S LONG BEFORE ANY OF
THESE CHANGES WERE MADE.

DESTINATION
HAD UNDERGONE

SIGNIFICANT MODIFICATIONS
OVER THE PAST 20-YEARS,

BUT A FULLY UPDATED STABILITY
TEST WAS NEVER DONE.

INVESTIGATORS ARE NOW
CONCERNED THE UNTESTED VESSEL

MAY HAVE BEEN TOP
HEAVY AND UNSTABLE.

BUT THEY NEED PROOF.

WE NEEDED TO SEE WHAT
THEY ACTUALLY HAD ON BOARD.

THEIR CHANCE
COMES ALMOST FIVE MONTHS

AFTER THE SINKING WHEN
AN UNIDENTIFIED WRECK

IS FOUND NOT FAR FROM

DESTINATION'S LAST
KNOWN POSITION.

THE COAST GUARD MOVES
IN TO INVESTIGATE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

AND LAUNCHES
A VIDEO-EQUIPPED ROV.

THE DEPTH OF
THIS MISSION

WAS BEYOND OUR CAPABILITIES

FOR DIVING, SO THAT'S
WHY WE HAD TO USE ROV.

PETTY
OFFICER ADAM HARRIS GUIDES

THE ROV 256-FEET DOWN
TO THE SEA FLOOR.

OUR HOPES WERE TO
POSITIVELY IDENTIFY

THAT THAT WAS THE FISHING
VESSEL DESTINATION,

SEE HOW MANY CRAB
POTS WERE ON BOARD,

HOW MUCH BAIT WAS LEFT,

TO SEE HOW MUCH WEIGHT
WAS ON THAT VESSEL

AT THE TIME THAT IT WENT DOWN.

IT'S PROVING
TO BE A DIFFICULT OPERATION.

THERE WAS SURFACE
CURRENT AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO,

ONCE WE GOT BELOW
ABOUT 100 FEET,

THERE WAS DEFINITELY A CURRENT

THAT WAS RIPPING
THROUGH DOWN THERE, TOO.

THE ROV
STRUGGLES FORWARD.

WE SAW A LOT OF LINE.

DEBRIS.

WE SAW THE KEEL OF THAT BOAT

AS WE DROVE UP AND OVER IT,

AND WE SAW THE
DESTINATION ON THE SIDE.

DESTINATION, THIS IS IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS

THAT ARE GOING THROUGH
YOUR MIND AT THAT TIME.

TO SEE A BOAT THAT HAD SUCH
A HORRIFIC EVENT HAPPEN TO IT

STRUCK A LITTLE
BIT CLOSE TO HOME.

WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY?

FIVE AND A HALF
MONTHS AFTER THE TRAGEDY,

DESTINATION HAS BEEN FOUND.

INVESTIGATORS HOPE
IT WILL REVEAL

WHAT SENT AN EXPERIENCED
CAPTAIN AND CREW

TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BERING SEA.

INVESTIGATORS ARE ABOUT
TO GET THEIR FIRST CHANCE

TO PROBE THE WRECK
OF THE DESTINATION.

THE TEAM WANTED TO RULE
SOME POSSIBILITIES OUT.

SUPPOSE THERE WAS
DAMAGE TO THE HULL?

MAYBE THERE WAS A HOLE, OR
SOME KIND OF HULL BREACH.

THEY'RE
LOOKING FOR ANY CLUE

THAT MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY
THE SHIP SUDDENLY SANK.

WE'RE LOOKING TO
SEE WHAT THE CONDITION

OF THE PILOT HOUSE WAS.

WAS THE PILOT
HOUSE OPEN, CLOSED?

WAS THERE ANYTHING
IN THE PILOT HOUSE,

THE POSITION THAT THE
THROTTLES WERE IN?

THE EVIDENCE
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IS IN REACH.

BUT THE POWERFUL
UNDERWATER CURRENT

IS MAKING THE ROV
DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

I THINK WE'LL
HAVE TO BRING IT UP.

IT WAS FRUSTRATING BECAUSE
YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD,

YOU WANT TO GET ALL THE
INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN,

BUT IF WE SNAGGED OUR ROV,
THEN WE POSSIBLY LOSE OUR ROV.

THE ROV WAS UNABLE
TO TAKE ENOUGH IMAGERY

FOR US TO ANALYZE.

BEFORE THEY
ABANDON THE MISSION,

THEY SPOT SOMETHING.

OH, THIS MUST
BE CRAB POTS.

SEE IF WE CAN GRAB ONE.

A SINGLE
CRAB POT IS LYING

NOT FAR FROM THE WRECK.

THEY USED THE
LARGE GRAPPLING HOOK

AND WERE ABLE TO
SNAG A CRAB POT.

LUCKILY, THE MISSION
WAS NOT A COMPLETE BUST.

WHEN IT'S
MEASURED AND WEIGHED,

THE RESULTS CATCH
INVESTIGATORS BY SURPRISE.

WE KNEW FROM THE
STABILITY BOOK,

WE WERE EXPECTING A
700-POUND CRAB POT.

THE POT
WEIGHS 840 POUNDS,

140 POUNDS HEAVIER
THAN THE WEIGHT USED

TO PREPARE THE SHIP'S
STABILITY BOOK.

WE WERE A LITTLE
STUNNED AT HOW HEAVY IT WAS.

DESTINATION WAS
CARRYING 200 OF THESE POTS

WHEN IT SET OUT ON
ITS FINAL VOYAGE.

THAT'S TONS
OF EXTRA WEIGHT.

WE LEARNED THAT
CRAB POTS THEMSELVES

HAVE CHANGED DRASTICALLY
FROM THE 90S.

THEY'RE MUCH HEAVIER.

AND IF THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED

WHEN YOU'RE DOING
YOUR STABILITY,

IT ADDS A PROBLEM.

DESTINATION'S CRAB POTS

WERE NEARLY SIX TONS HEAVIER

THAN ITS STABILITY BOOK ALLOWED.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THE
CAPTAIN KNEW ABOUT IT.

WE DON'T KNOW IF THE
OWNER KNEW ABOUT IT.

IT'S
THE LATEST REVELATION

IN A DISTURBING TREND.

YOU HAD
THIS BULBOUS BOW,

YOU HAVE NEW STEEL WORK UP TOP,

AND OVER TIME, ALL
THAT ADDITIONAL WEIGHT,

SEEMINGLY INSIGNIFICANT,
BUT COLLECTIVELY

HAS NEGATIVE RAMIFICATIONS
TO THE VESSEL'S STABILITY.

INVESTIGATORS
NOW BELIEVE DESTINATION

WAS DANGEROUSLY TOP HEAVY.

BUT THE SHIP HAD
MADE THE SAME VOYAGE

WITH A SIMILAR LOAD
MANY TIMES BEFORE.

WHAT WAS DIFFERENT THE
NIGHT OF THE ACCIDENT?

WE REACHED OUT TO
OTHER AGENCY PARTNERS.

THE
COAST GUARD TEAM MEETS

WITH NATIONAL
TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

SENIOR INVESTIGATOR
MICHAEL KARR.

SHALL WE GET STARTED?

HE'S BEEN
LEADING THE BOARD'S

OWN INVESTIGATION
INTO THE DISASTER.

THE NTSB AND THE COAST
GUARD BOTH SHARE JURISDICTION

FOR MAJOR MARINE SHIP ACCIDENTS.

WE ESTABLISH OUR
FINDINGS SEPARATELY,

BUT WE DO COLLABORATE
IN COLLECTION

AND ANALYZING INFORMATION.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST DANGERS

ON THE BERING SEA IS ICING.

ICING WAS ONE OF THE
HYPOTHESES WE HAD.

YOU HAVE A VESSEL THAT
WAS AFLOAT ON A COURSE

AND IT JUST DISAPPEARS, SO IT
LOST ITS STABILITY QUICKLY.

AND ONE WAY THAT CAN
HAPPEN IS IF YOU'VE GOT

A LOT OF EXTRA
WEIGHT ON YOUR SHIP.

AND THAT EXTRA
WEIGHT CAN COME ON

THROUGH THE ACCUMULATION OF ICE.

WHEN AIR TEMPERATURES

DROP BELOW FREEZING,

TINY DROPLETS OF
COLD OCEAN SPRAY

WILL FREEZE TO A
SHIP'S SURFACES.

OVER TIME, THIS
ICE CAN ACCUMULATE.

AS THE VESSEL GOES
THROUGH THE WAVES,

WATER DROPLETS FLY INTO THE
AIR AND THEN COVER ANYTHING.

THE ICE WILL COVER THE RAILS,
THE DECK, THE CRAB POTS.

JUST HOURS
BEFORE THE SINKING,

THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN ANCHORAGE

ISSUED A FORECAST FOR THE AREA,

WARNING OF FREEZING
SPRAY CONDITIONS.

OUR CURRENT MODELS
PREDICT ICING CONDITIONS,

BUT THEY DON'T TELL US HOW
MUCH ICE ACTUALLY FORMED.

TO GET
THE DATA THEY NEED,

INVESTIGATORS TURN TO MEMORIAL
UNIVERSITY IN NEWFOUNDLAND.

HEY, GUYS.

HEY, SAEED.

DOCTOR
SAEED DEHGHANI

IS A THERMAL FLUID
MECHANICAL ENGINEER

WHO SPECIALIZES IN SEA
SPRAY ICING ANALYSIS.

WE'LL SEND IT TO YOU.

YOU GUYS SEE THAT?

THEY NEEDED TO CALCULATE
THE POTENTIAL AMOUNT OF ICE

THAT CAN BE ACCUMULATED
ON THAT VESSEL.

IN ADDITION
TO WIND, TEMPERATURE,

SALT CONCENTRATION
AND WAVE HEIGHT,

DEHGHANI'S MODEL USES
A SHIP'S STRUCTURE,

THE MATERIAL IT'S MADE OF,

HOW IT'S LOADED, AND THE
RELATIVE WIND DIRECTION

TO CALCULATE THE RATE OF ICING.

WE CALCULATE
ICE ACCUMULATION

AT EVERY STEP OF HER JOURNEY.

THEY COULD LOOK AT
THE HEADING OF THE BOAT,

AND THE COURSE OF THE
BOAT, AND GIVE US AN IDEA

OF HOW MUCH ICE WOULD ACCUMULATE
IN 15-MINUTE SEGMENTS.

USING THE AIS
DATA FROM DESTINATION'S VOYAGE,

DEHGHANI CALCULATES HOW MUCH
ICING IT WAS EXPERIENCING.

YOU SEE THE FIRST
PART OF THE VOYAGE,

EVERYTHING WAS FINE.

AS THE
DESTINATION ENTERS

THE FINAL HOURS OF ITS
VOYAGE, ICE ACCUMULATES.

WIND IS
BOOSTING ICING.

TEMPERATURE HELPS ICING.

THE MOVEMENT OF VESSEL
ACTUALLY INCREASED ICING.

IN PARTICULAR, THE CRAB
POTS COLLECT A LOT OF ICE.

BECAUSE
OF THEIR STRUCTURE,

A STACK OF CRAB POTS NOT ONLY
COLLECTS ICE ON THE OUTSIDE,

IT ALSO FILLS UP ON THE INSIDE.

IN THE BERING SEA,

THEY OFTEN REFER
TO THE CRAB STACK

AS THE ICE CUBE TRAY.

HERE, AT THE TIME
THE SIGNAL IS LOST,

THE ICE ACCUMULATION IS MASSIVE.

MY CALCULATION SHOWS THAT
DESTINATION EXPERIENCED

ABOUT 92 TO ALMOST
150 TONS OF ICE.

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF
WEIGHT YOU DIDN'T HAVE BEFORE

AND IT'S WAY HIGH
UP ON THE VESSEL.

THE CENTER OF GRAVITY IS RAISED.

WITH THAT MUCH WEIGHT,

SHE COULD HAVE GONE
OVER IN AN INSTANT.

INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE ICING

WAS THE FINAL FACTOR THAT PUSHED

THE ALREADY TOP-HEAVY
DESTINATION OVER THE EDGE.

THEN WE BELIEVE WATER
SURMOUNTED THE VESSEL

AND THEN THE CAPSIZING BEGAN.

THEY FROZE
UP AND SANK.

IT WAS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S SO SCARY.

WITH ANOTHER
CRABBING SEASON ABOUT TO BEGIN,

INVESTIGATORS ARE CONCERNED
OTHER SHIPS COULD BE IN DANGER.

AND THEY NEED TO WARN
THEM BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

NON-ICING CONDITIONS.

ICING CONDITIONS.

SCOTT WILWERT
RETURNS TO DUTCH HARBOR

TO WARN CAPTAINS ABOUT
THE DANGERS OF ICING,

AND LET THEM KNOW
THAT THEIR GEAR

MAY BE SIGNIFICANTLY
HEAVIER THAN THEY THINK.

WHAT DOES THE REST
OF THE FLEET KNOW

ABOUT THE GEAR
THEY HAVE ON BOARD?

WE TOOK AN INITIATIVE
AT PURCHASING

SOME HEAVY-DUTY LOAD CELL SCALES

AND DO A SAMPLE WEIGHING OF
POTS ON EVERY BOAT WE GO ON.

WILWERT
COMPARES THE ACTUAL WEIGHTS

WITH THE ONES LISTED IN
THE BOATS' STABILITY BOOK.

ALMOST
ACROSS THE BOARD,

ALL THE POTS WE
WEIGHED WERE HEAVIER

THAN THE STABILITY
INSTRUCTIONS WERE WRITTEN FOR.

THAT'S TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF POUNDS

THAT AREN'T ACCOUNTED FOR,

FOR THAT VESSEL TO BE CARRYING.

WE RECORDED THREE
OR FOUR WEIGHTS

AND SHOWED THEM TO THE CAPTAINS,

AND THEY WERE VERY
SURPRISED TO HEAR

THAT THE POTS WEIGHED
WHAT THEY DID.

THE
DESTINATION TRAGEDY

SHAKES UP THE ALASKAN FLEET.

EVERYBODY KIND OF, THEY
FELT THEIR OWN MORTALITY.

YOU KNOW, IF IT
HAPPENED TO JEFF,

IT COULD DEFINITELY
HAPPEN TO ME.

WE STARTED CARRYING LESS
CRAB POTS ON OUR BOAT.

PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE
MORE CAUTIOUS.

COAST GUARD WAS COMING DOWN,
INSPECTING A LOT MORE BOATS.

YOU TEACH THAT TO THE
NEXT GENERATION AND SAY,

"THINGS HAPPEN OUT HERE,
DON'T FORGET THIS."

THE COAST
GUARD AND NTSB ISSUE

THEIR FINAL REPORTS ON
THE DESTINATION TRAGEDY.

THOUGH DIFFERENT,
THEY BOTH OUTLINE

THE SAME TRAGIC SET

A SHIP WITH MODIFICATIONS

THAT WERE NEVER PROPERLY
TESTED FOR STABILITY;

EXTRA BAIT, AND CRAB POTS
MUCH HEAVIER THAN EXPECTED.

200, WITH
THE ACTUAL WEIGHT,

WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEIR VESSEL.

FINALLY,
EXTREME ICING CONDITIONS

THAT PUSHED THE TOP-HEAVY
BOAT OVER THE EDGE.

ALL THOSE
FACTORS ACCUMULATED

AT THAT ONE SINGLE
SPOT AND TIME.

THE
COAST GUARD ISSUES

A SERIES OF RECOMMENDATIONS,

REQUIRING MORE VIGILANT
STABILITY TESTING

ON FISHING VESSELS.

ONE OF THE KEY
SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS

WAS TO CONFIRM THE ACTUAL WEIGHT

OF THOSE CRAB POTS ON BOARD.

AND THEN ALSO, FOLLOW
THE STABILITY REPORT,

MAKE SURE THAT IT'S
UPDATED, THAT IT'S ACCURATE.

AND THE NTSB
POSTS AN IMPORTANT WARNING

ABOUT THE DANGERS
OF ICING AT SEA.

THE NTSB PUBLISHED
A SAFETY ALERT,

AND THE SAFETY ALERT
WAS THE NTSB SAYING,

"BE ALERT TO ICE,
GET RID OF THE ICE."

AT THE END OF THE DAY,
ALL YOU CAN REALLY HOPE

IS THAT SOMEWHERE,
SOMEBODY TOOK HEED,

SOMEBODY LOOKED AT THAT
SITUATION AND SAID,

"HEY, YOU KNOW, THAT
COULD HAPPEN TO US."

WATER IS A
REAL CONNECTION

THAT, OF COURSE, LARRY
AND I'VE ALWAYS HAD.

I BUILT A FOUNTAIN THAT
WHEN I GO TO, I SEE HIM.

AND I HAVE ROPE FROM ONE OF
THE VESSELS AS MY RAILING,

AND I CAN TOUCH THAT ROPE,

AND I FEEL ELECTRICITY
COMING THROUGH ME.

HE ALWAYS WAS HAPPY,
ALWAYS SMILING, LARRY O.

THE DESTINATION,
THAT WAS THE ONLY BOAT

I EVER WANTED TO CRAB-FISH ON.

WORKING WITH JEFF AND
LARRY AND THE CREW,

THAT WAS WHAT MADE IT ENJOYABLE.

JUST GREAT HEARTS ON
THEM AND LOVED TO WORK

AND HAVE A GOOD TIME AND
JUST NORMAL, ORDINARY GUYS,

YOU KNOW, JUST OUT THERE,

TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING
FOR THEIR FAMILIES.

I DO BELIEVE THAT
THIS WAS PREVENTABLE.

MAYBE SOME GUY WHO'S JUST
GETTING INTO THE INDUSTRY

WILL WATCH THIS AND WILL
LEARN ABOUT WHAT CAN HAPPEN,

AND HOPEFULLY THESE GUYS
WON'T HAVE TO DIE IN VAIN.