Pa Marichi, 23, 2008, sitima ya Alaska Ranger inali kusodza nsomba mu Nyanja ya Bering pamene inamira. Anthu asanu mwa ogwira ntchito 47 a sitima ya Ranger anamwalira. Tsopano, patatha zaka 10 kuchokera pamene sitima ya Alaska Ranger inamira. SeattleWopulumutsa sitima yapamadzi yochokera ku fakitale, yemwe adapulumuka wavomereza kuti "adachepetsa" umboni wake pa chifukwa chomwe chidamiracho chidachitikira. Masiku awiri ngoziyi isanachitike, Rodney Lundy, injiniya wothandizira komanso mboni yofunika, sanathe kutseka mpweya wotulutsa mpweya mbali ya sitimayo. Akuti kulephera kwake kutseka mpweya ndiko komwe kudapangitsa kuti chipinda cha injini chisefukire ndipo sitimayo idamira. Lundy adapereka umboni kawiri pansi pa lumbiro pamaso pa Coast Guard ndi National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) mu 2008, koma akunena kuti adakhala chete za mavuto omwe anali nawo poyesa kutseka mpweya wotulutsa mpweya malinga ndi pempho la akuluakulu a Fishing Company of Alaska. Pa chikondwerero cha zaka 10 cha kumira, atatha zaka khumi akuvutika ndi chisoni, Lundy adaganiza zonena zoona za zomwe zidachitika pa Nyanja ya Bering.
