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Antão, P. and Guedes Soares, C. (2008), "Causal Factors in Accidents of High Speed Craft and Conventional Ocean Going Vessels", Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 2008, Vol. 93, pp. 1292-1304.

An analysis of 40 low speed commercial vessel accidents is compared with the analysis of a similar number of High Speed Crafts (HSC) accidents, in both cases using a methodology that highlights the sequence of events leading to the accident and identifies the associated latent or causal factors. The main objective of this study was to identify and understand the difference in the pattern of causal factors associated with HSC accidents, as compared with the more traditional ocean-going ships. From the analysis one can see that the HSC accidents are mainly related to bridge personnel and operations, where the human element is the key factor identified as being responsible for the majority of the accidents. When compared to low speed commercial vessels it is clear that navigational equipment and procedures have a larger preponderance in terms of the occurrence of accidents of HSC and particular attention to these issues should be given.

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