kel4soft:

My elder brother's wife can even stay under water for close to 2hours. Most times, people that lost their lives in some of these boat mishap are very good swimmers. I remember a year I was supposed to return from my town (not village) when we heard of boat mishap and the causalities were very good in water.

osjoshua:
your Mind:TIME TO SACRIFICE SOME FRESH BLOOD
my Mind:what a debased mind(no offence)

kel4soft:

Life jacket work depending on the current of the water the jacket is been usel, the essence of life jacket is to suspend you for the time been when there is an accident pending when you will have rescue operatives. Bonny water especially this Peterside area is something else, the wave there can scare the hell out of someone. I won't be surprise if some of those victims died as a result of fear.

EMEKA1MILLION: One, that is not a life jacket, it's a protective vest, it's only improvised for a life jacket to be used by an experienced mariner,
An amateur swimmer cannot survive on that in a swimming pool talk less of an open ocean..
I have seen this people countless times and I fear for them most times entering flying boats putting on what they think can save their life, below is a pics of a life jacket that can save even the worst of swimmers, all u need is enlightenment on how to use it.. There is a big difference between LSA (life saving apparatus) and PPE (personal protective equipment) u can check online for more details.
If u enter a boat and a life jacket is given to u looking like the pics Pls I beg u to reject it and get down, that thing will neva save ur life if inexperienced.
Worse of all, our marine police see this things and neva do anything about it, all they police in the water is BUNKERERS whom they will arrest and exploit.. This had been an accident that happens frequently this one was just lucky enough to find its way to Nairaland...

Daddyzee:

Life jackets indeed work, but the usage depends on the type of boat (open boat or enclosed)

In the case of open boats, which I recommend, you must wear your life vests. In case of mishaps, you are thrown into the water and the vest suspends you until rescue comes. It could actually suspend you for days. For Bonny area, help usually comes in minutes. (Avoid night travels)

For closed boats however, if there is a mishap, you are not thrown into the sea. You are rather confined inside the boat and the vests will make it impossible for you to swim out!!! You will therefore be trapped. This was what happened in the unfortunate accident this morning. The boat drivers do not help matters as they also overload the boats, blocking the isles with seats. This will multiply the chances of not being able to come out as many passengers will struggle within that confined space. The survivors are usually those near the entrance.

Safety tips
1. Use open boats and wear life vests for the duration of the journey.
2. If closed boats is the only option, do not wear life vest inside the boat. Stay as near the entrance as possible. If possible, gang up with other passengers and ensure the captain does not block the isle with seats to accommodate more passengers.
3. Avoid night travels
4. Boats with double engines record less breakdowns. Use them if possible

May God give their families the grace to bear the unfortunate loss

ogb5: They used a work vest in place of a type 1 floatation device. Work vest can not save someone in a remote location. It can not turn unconscious people face up also to prevent drowning.

The state government is supposed to set the standard for the type of floatation devices people should wear when boarding these boats. Unfortunately I doubt if workers at the Rivers State ministry of Transport know the difference between types of floatation devices.

Amaechi will rather spend billions on political war than train ministry workers to set and monitor the right standards.

3kay945:

Did you say someone stay under water for close to 2hrs

priscaoge: This is one reason Y I hate boat. I have never entered one before because I de fear water like hell . May the souls of the departed through the mercy of God RIP

kel4soft:

Am not exaggerating. So true. Ask Kpon Fires boys.

bankyblue: instead of that id*ot that called him self ROTIME to face his work all this past time, he was busy driving elrufie, running into Ekiti to vote, busy flexing power with the centra.

can u imagine now, in this our time and age u could not give them ROAD, even life jacket that cost so little you couldnt made it available.

RIP TO THE DEAD.

kel4soft:

You are been unfair to us. Those places you don't want to visit produces what keeps NIGERIA.

osjoshua:
your Mind:TIME TO SACRIFICE SOME FRESH BLOOD
my Mind:what a debased mind(no offence)

desgiezd: So, so sad. RIP to the dead.

I need someone to enlighten me on this, I can see a life jacket lying down there, there's also a life jacket around the body of one guy there, does it mean that they didnt work or what happened?

kel4soft:

What are you saying? These are the list of Riverine projects in Rivers State that are supposed to be a Federal Projects

The Ikuru Town Atlantic Ocean Bridge in Andoni
The Okirika Ring Road Bridges
The Unity road Bridges in the Ogoni-Andoni-
Opobo axis
The construction of bridges across Bolo Creek with
approaches
Trans Kalabari road and bridges

The above projects were all done by Amaechi bar the Trans-Kalabari road which is still going on.

desgiezd: So, so sad. RIP to the dead.

I need someone to enlighten me on this, I can see a life jacket lying down there, there's also a life jacket around the body of one guy there, does it mean that they didnt work or what happened?

bankyblue: instead of that id*ot that called him self ROTIME to face his work all this past time, he was busy driving elrufie, running into Ekiti to vote, busy flexing power with the centra.

can u imagine now, in this our time and age u could not give them ROAD, even life jacket that cost so little you couldnt made it available.

RIP TO THE DEAD.