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SAN DIEGO—The investigation of the engine room fire that disabled the Carnival cruise ship Splendor will be conducted by the Panama Maritime Authority instead of the National Transportation Safety Board.
The NTSB announced the change late Thursday, hours after initially issuing a statment that it would be handling the probe of the Panamanian-flagged vessel.
The NTSB says that since most of the passengers were U.S. citizens, the U.S. Coast Guard requested to join the investigation and Panama agreed.
The NTSB says its role now is to provide two experts to assist the Coast Guard with its involvement in Panama’s investigation.
The NTSB says all information on the investigation will be released by the Panama Maritime Authority.
