Duck boat tours continued in Pittsburgh over the weekend following Thursday’s incident in Missouri when a duck boat capsized and killed 17 people.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports dozens of people boarded Just Ducky Tours’ fleet on Friday for a tour of downtown Pittsburgh, Station Square, the North Shore and the three rivers. Several people who took the tours told the newspaper that they were aware of the tragedy in Branson, Missouri, but they felt safe.
The official cause of the sinking in Missouri has not been determined, but investigators initially blamed thunderstorms and strong winds.
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Former head of the National Transportation Safety Board says ducks tours should be banned.
Jim Hall, who served under President Bill Clinton, said the fatal accident on Thursday in Missouri seemed eerily similar to a 1999 duck boat accident that killed 13 people in Arkansas.
He said duck boat tours are essentially unregulated amusement park rides, because they don’t fall neatly into being either a boat or a bus.
Duck boats are based on World War II military landing craft and are popular with tourists because they permit sightseeing on both land and water.
USA Today contributed to this report.
Photo by Martin Pettitt
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