"According to the captain, approximately an hour or an hour and a half after the grounding, the second mate admitted, 'I fell asleep,' during a discussion with him about the accident," says the report, dated Nov. 21. At 1 a.m., a crew member who was performing rounds tried to contact the second mate using his UHF radio, but didn't receive a response. When he tried again 30 seconds later and couldn't rouse the second mate, he started making his way to the upper wheelhouse. During a third attempt to contact the second mate, the tankerman was informed by the second mate that the vessel had grounded," the brief says. Diesel leaked onto the shoreline of islands within the Great Bear Rainforest for weeks after the Nathan E. Stewart sank near Bella Bella.

Source: CBC News December 02, 2017 06:33 UTC