NTSB: Voyage data recorder recovered from Atlantic Asphalt

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Nov 15, 2026
NTSB: Voyage data recorder recovered from Atlantic Asphalt
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New video has been released of the tanker collision
that has now been dubbed the Miracle on the Mississippi.
Video shows passengers wearing their life jackets in the water
after a 500-foot tanker slammed
into their paddle boat in New Orleans on Friday.
The NTSB is now there on the scene
and has recovered the tanker's voyage data recorder.
About 100 people were thrown into the water when this happened.
32 were hurt.
Eight remained hospitalized.
Miraculously, no one was killed.
Yesterday, Action News spoke with a man
from Carbondale in Lackawanna County
who described what he witnessed
in the moments leading up to the collision.
We could see it was making immediate right hand turn towards our boat.
Um...
Some people thought it was just turning around
on the river to go the other way,
but it became evident to us that it was coming right at us.
That man and his wife were among those aboard
the American Heritage Paddle Wheeler when the collision happened.
The cruise ship is now submerged under 25 feet of water
and recovery is expected to take weeks.
The Coast Guard says a possible steering failure aboard
the tanker is one focus of the investigation.
