Passengers were moved on to a pontoon in accordance with safety procedures, said a tour spokesman. The vehicle then sank fully as it was being towed away. The vehicles are a popular tourist attraction and take in city sights from land and water. They are staying on land during investigations.
Photos by Roger O'Doherty.
Paul Furlong, product sales manager for the Yellow Duckmarine, said the "unfortunate" incident happened towards the end of a tour. He said: "We are looking into what happened.
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"Our crew are very experienced and acted quickly and correctly. No one was injured and everyone was disembarked safely." Nobody went into the water during the sinking and the passengers were later refunded. An internal inquiry into the cause of the sinking is under way.
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We had people die on one of these in Ottawa a few years back
Great. First everyone (nearly!) is thinking that "onto" is a contraction of "on to", and now when "onto" is required, they split it into two words.
Lurker111
(Part-time Grammar Nazi)
A couple of people killed in Philly, too.
It was lucky that people were not hurt. I took the picture and own the copyright. Please attribute to 'Roger O'Doherty'
There is a slideshow of them all o YouTube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYQqvT02xjA
I'm terribly sorry about that, Roger!
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