Marchioness disaster-John Prescott calls for better safety
- Title
- Marchioness disaster-John Prescott calls for better safety
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 21 Aug 1989
- Year of production
- 1989
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- Duration
- 00:00:26
- Description
- Interview with shadow Transport Secretary John Prescott, after the sinking of the Marchioness pleasure boat following a collision with the dredger, Bowbelle, on the River Thames in London (20/08/89). Prescott believes new legislation is needed to regulate vessels on the Thames.
- Contributors
- John Prescott
- Keywords
- Deaths; London; River Thames; Boats; Disasters (events); Transport safety; Disaster prevention; Marchioness; Bowbelle; River navigation; Marchioness disaster (1989)
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