Relatives of the 39 victims in one of Hong Kong’s deadliest maritime disasters expressed anger after the coroner at the inquest rejected their expectation that marine inspectors could have spotted the missing watertight door by examining the ship’s structural drawings, calling it “impractical and unrealistic”.
Coroner Monica Chow Wai-choo said on Thursday, the second day of the verdict, that Marine Department’s officers would not have detected the missing watertight door on the underdeck of the…
‘Outrageous’: families of Hong Kong ferry crash victims fume over coroner’s remarks
