NgoMashi, 23, 2008, i-Alaska Ranger yayidoba oLwandle iBering lapho icwila. Abahlanu kwabangu-47 abasebenzi be-Ranger bashona. Manje, eminyakeni eyi-10 ngemva kokucwila kwe- SeattleUmkhumbi wokudoba osefektri, osindile uvumile ukuthi "wanciphisa" ubufakazi bakhe ngokuthi kungani kwenzeka ukucwila. Ezinsukwini ezimbili ngaphambi kwenhlekelele, uRodney Lundy, unjiniyela osizayo kanye nofakazi obalulekile, akakwazanga ukuvala umoya ophumayo ohlangothini lwebhodi lomkhumbi. Uthi ukwehluleka kwakhe ukuvala umoya yikho okwaholela ekugcwaleni kwegumbi lenjini kanye nokucwila komkhumbi. ULundy wafakaza kabili ngaphansi kwesifungo phambi kweCoast Guard kanye neNational Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) ngo-2008, kodwa uthi uhlale ethule ngezinkinga ayenazo ezama ukuvala umoya ophumayo ngokwesicelo sezikhulu ezivela kwiFishing Company yase-Alaska. Emgubhweni weminyaka eyi-10 wokucwila, ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi yecala nokuzisola, uLundy wanquma ukuphumela obala ngeqiniso ngalokho okwenzeka oLwandle iBering.
