Shanghai Jiaotong University Student Taihu Lake 2 Continues: Suffering Many Suspects

On April 4th, in the Xishan Scenic Area of ​​Suzhou, an 8-person speedboat crashed into the cable between two cargo ships, resulting in the death of 2 people, including the travel agency’s part-time leader (postgraduate of East China University of Political Science and Law) and a Jiaotong University boy. 2 Big boys and girls were found missing and four others, including the boss, were injured. However, the reporter found during the on-site investigation that the incident was ridiculous, and that the incidents before and after the incident and the search and rescue process were also undeniable.

The incident was ridiculous

Around 0:00 this morning, the parents of the missing and dead students rushed to Xishan Island one after another. The family members were distraught by the wharf on the site of the search and rescue scene. Academician Ji Kaifeng, assistant to the president of Shanghai Jiaotong University, introduced that one death and two missing college students were all non-Shanghai residents. Among them, the dead male surnamed Yang came from Guizhou; the missing two boys (Xu Xing and Xu Surname) came from In Beijing and Chongqing, the family members flew to Shanghai the first time after the incident, and the school sent a special car to the incident site. For the incredible incident, family members could not accept it.

According to the official statement made by the city of Suzhou, 23 students and two travel agency leaders took three speedboats and returned from Sanshan Island to Xishan Island at noon. The accident occurred after a fast boat was launched. At that time, there were 8 people on board. Department of six Jiaotong male students, a travel agency part-time female tour guide (Wu Xing, East China University of Political Science and Law) and the boat ship boss. During the high-speed voyage of the speed boat, a cargo ship in front pulled another unloaded cargo ship sailing. The distance between the two ships was about 20 meters and they were pulled by nylon plastic ropes.

The ship boss saw the desire to go through the two cargo ships directly. Unexpectedly, the roof of the boat crashed directly into a nylon plastic rope. The roof was lifted. The crew was hit by the rope to varying degrees, and 2 people fell into the water.

Before and after the incident

Last night this morning, the reporter interviewed the Shanghai Municipal Maritime Affairs Bureau, the Wuzhong District People's Government, the Shanghai Jiaotong University where the students are located, and the Shanghai Scarecrow Tourism Organization that organized the event. Before and after the entire tragedy, and during the search and rescue process, there are still many questions.

Question one: Does the student wear a life jacket?

According to the slightly injured students sent to Mudu Hospital, they were not wearing life jackets at the time of the incident. The villagers who witnessed the occurrence of the vessel after the incident also confirmed that there were life jackets on the ship at the time, but none of the people on board were wearing it.

In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the Shanghai Jiaotong University, after learning about the situation of the injured students, said that before boarding the boat, the students asked whether the boat's boss would wear a life jacket. The other party said that it was “not necessary”. At present, the ship boss has been controlled by local public security agencies.

The reporter interviewed the local tourism administration department. The other party claimed that the life jackets were equipped. There was a clear requirement for the life jackets to be used in speed boats. There was no standard for wearing life jackets, which also made it difficult to search and rescue the missing persons.

Question 2: What is the nature of this trip?

According to relevant persons from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the first incident was the students of Michigan College F1137103 classes. There were 23 students, including male students, who were mostly 19 years old. “They traveled on their own through the online travel agency.” As to whether the school knew ahead of schedule of the entire class of students, the person in charge of the SJTU told reporters that “the counselor did not know beforehand but also knew something after the accident.”

It is understood that the reception is a tourism company called Scarecrow in Shanghai's Hongkou District. Its predecessor was the Scarecrow Outdoor Sports Association of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Currently, the main source of tourists is college students. Tour guides are mostly part-time students. Fu Wenxian, general manager of the tourism agency, repeatedly said in an interview that the two members of the group, including the deceased women’s leader, were all part-time but all had qualifications as tour guides; as for details, the other party would not disclose it. To this end, the reporter through the website of the Scarecrow Tourism Agency, learned that the project is a two-day tour, each person spent about 350 yuan, travel agency for each student purchased a travel accident insurance.

Doubt three: Are there any violations of navigation?

The entire tragedy was caused by the speedboat hitting a cable between two cargo ships. In this regard, the person in charge of the maritime department described that at the time of the incident, a cargo ship carrying sand and gravel had lost its power and dragged by another cargo ship to the shipyard for maintenance. The distance between them was 20 meters. Nylon plastic rope, a lifebuoy hanging in the middle of the rope as a "hint". For this traction operation method, the other party acknowledges that there are certain problems, but the responsible person said that the specific circumstances still need to be investigated.

So, why do the speedboats choose to pass through the middle of two cargo ships? Did the ship boss observe that there was a cable between the two ships? The other party stated that there is no clear navigation regulation for the speedboat between Xishan Island and Sanshan Island. The flight path was chosen by the crew of the speedboat crew. In this accident, the crew had serious deviations in the choice of fairway.

In addition, after preliminary investigation, the relevant operating qualifications of the accident boat are complete.

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