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Actually tear down the engine. this particular vessel had a propulsion system, which was quite complex, but a very reliable one. it was a voigt schneider propulsion system that kind of would look like a quisinart, if you will, five blades that spin around. these are very, very reliable, very maneuverable vessels. okay, except that yesterday morning, what did you first think when you heard about this accident, particularly this fairfair fairy ferry, which has a fatal history? it does. i actually worked on the investigation which occurred in the accident on october 15th of 2003, when 11 people were killed and some 80 people were injured. so to hear that the andrew j. barberi was involved in another accident was quite startling to me. okay. can you draw any similarities to that accident? i mean, granted, fortunately, there was nobody killed in this one, a couple of serious injuries, but we expect everyone to recover. what we know about this ....
Approve a bailout plan this weekend. the economic crisis sparked riots in greece and turmoil on world financial markets. first our top story right now. a ferryboat accident in new york city. a iffery carrying hundreds of passengers crashed into the staten island ferry terminal this morning. at least 55 people were injured, one seriously. officials are blaming mechanical problems now. the boat was the andrew j. barberi, the same boat involved in a 2003 crash that killed 11 people. susan candiotti is there. susan, they believe now a mechanical failure, so they are not blaming human failure. reporter: that s right. they are saying they think what happened is this. about 9:25 in the morning. the ferry had just left manhattan, lower manhattan heading here for staten island. the ferry that you see over my shoulder is not the one involved in this incident. ....