Na Machị, 23, 2008, Alaska Ranger nọ na-akụ azụ̀ n'Oké Osimiri Bering mgbe o mikpuru. Mmadụ ise n'ime ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri 47 nke Ranger nwụrụ. Ugbu a, afọ iri ka mmiri nke oké osimiri ahụ gwụchara. SeattleOnye na-anya ụgbọ mmiri nke dị n'ụlọ ọrụ mmepụta ihe, onye lanarịrịnụ ekwetala na ya "na-egbochi" ihe akaebe ya gbasara ihe mere mmiri ahụ ji daa. Ụbọchị abụọ tupu ọdachi ahụ, Rodney Lundy, osote injinia na onye akaebe dị mkpa, enweghị ike imechi oghere ikuku n'akụkụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ. O kwuru na ọ daghị imechi oghere ikuku ahụ bụ ihe mechara mee ka ụlọ injin ahụ daa, ụgbọ mmiri ahụ wee daa. Lundy gbara akaebe ugboro abụọ n'ihu Coast Guard na National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) na 2008, mana o kwuru na ya agbachila nkịtị banyere nsogbu ndị o nwere n'ịgbalị imechi oghere ikuku ahụ dịka ndị ọrụ Fishing Company nke Alaska si rịọ. N'ụbọchị ncheta afọ iri nke mmiri ahụ, mgbe afọ iri nke ikpe ọmụma na mwute gasịrị, Lundy kpebiri ikwu eziokwu gbasara ihe mere n'Oké Osimiri Bering.
