IMCA: High potential near miss during FRC maintenance

The Marine Safety Forum (MSF) has published Safety Alert 26-01 relating to an incident where there was an unplanned lowering of an FRC to the sea, and two crew members needed to jump clear. 

What happened?

 On a vessel, work was being conducted on a change-out of lifting slings on one of the Fast Rescue craft (FRC). This was considered a routine task that had been conducted many times at sea before, and it all appeared to be going well. During the change out of the lifting slings the FRC slipped from the davit cradle whilst two crew members were actually onboard the boat. The FRC went into an uncontrolled descent to sea with both crew members having to jump into the water clear of the falling boat. Both persons were recovered unharmed.

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