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42 people have died in commercially operated civilian duck boats,. The boats are being used in marine environments totally unsuited to them
2A02:C7F:DA68:2600:293B:8222:D289:4FDA ( talk) 08:53, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Gosh. Who could have guessed that a military vehicle created to transport troops in 1942 may not anticipate safety standards expected for public transport in 2018. Go figure. (For comparison, the equivalent car might be a Pontiac Streamliner or aircraft might be a DC4. I imagine few of either are used to transport paying passengers nowadays.)
But the NTSB warned about the dangers - poor maintenance, inadequate reserve buoyancy, and closed canopies preventing escape - nearly 20 years ago. [1] As the article on duck tour notes, an incident in London in 2013 was caused by the foam added to a DUKW to improve its reserve buoyancy catching fire. 213.205.240.154 ( talk) 10:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
When did these things acquire the name "duck boat"? For a start, it is a wheeled vehicle that can swim, not a boat. The earliest reference I can find is to the Philadelphia tour company, Duck Boat Tours Inc, which began operating in 2004. 213.205.240.154 ( talk) 10:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
We have a Highlander situation. This DUKW article says that K designates front-wheel drive. The CCKW article says that K designates all-wheel drive. There can be only one. 92.10.212.241 ( talk) 15:47, 29 January 2023 (UTC)
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42 people have died in commercially operated civilian duck boats,. The boats are being used in marine environments totally unsuited to them
2A02:C7F:DA68:2600:293B:8222:D289:4FDA ( talk) 08:53, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
Gosh. Who could have guessed that a military vehicle created to transport troops in 1942 may not anticipate safety standards expected for public transport in 2018. Go figure. (For comparison, the equivalent car might be a Pontiac Streamliner or aircraft might be a DC4. I imagine few of either are used to transport paying passengers nowadays.)
But the NTSB warned about the dangers - poor maintenance, inadequate reserve buoyancy, and closed canopies preventing escape - nearly 20 years ago. [1] As the article on duck tour notes, an incident in London in 2013 was caused by the foam added to a DUKW to improve its reserve buoyancy catching fire. 213.205.240.154 ( talk) 10:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
When did these things acquire the name "duck boat"? For a start, it is a wheeled vehicle that can swim, not a boat. The earliest reference I can find is to the Philadelphia tour company, Duck Boat Tours Inc, which began operating in 2004. 213.205.240.154 ( talk) 10:28, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
We have a Highlander situation. This DUKW article says that K designates front-wheel drive. The CCKW article says that K designates all-wheel drive. There can be only one. 92.10.212.241 ( talk) 15:47, 29 January 2023 (UTC)