The captain of the Conception, a Santa Barbara-based dive boat that caught fire near Santa Cruz Island in 2019, leading to the deaths of 34 people, was indicted Tuesday.
failing to have a night watch or roving patrol;failing to provide firefighting instructions or directions to crewmembers after the fire started;
failing to use the boat’s public address system to warn passengers and crewmembers about the fire; and Among the nearly three dozen people trapped aboard the boat when it sank were two Santa Monica residents, Marybeth Guiney and Charles McIlvain, diving enthusiasts who lived in the same condominium complex.
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