changed course to cast her pots. Alam Pintar turned hard to starboard but this did not avoid a collision which took place at 18:51 GMT at , north of the Cherbourg peninsula. The ship's master and the OOW knew there had been a collision but did not stop or try to check if the fishing vessel's crew was safe. They did not report the incident. In the dark, three of Etoiles crew were able to inflate and board their liferaft but the fourth member, Chris Wadsworth, was missing and, despite circling around, the survivors never saw him again. Etoile sank within a few minutes. The survivors triggered the EPIRB and fired distress flares which were observed by at least three other vessels that reported the sighting to Jobourg Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre, the nearest coastal authority. Jobourg radio station took charge of the search and rescue and transmitted three "mayday relay" messages to which none of the three closest vessels responded. When the flares were sighted by the ferry Norman Voyager, it was the vessel's report to Jobourg that led to the mayday relay. The ferry and two other vessels changed course to give assistance and the ferry rescued the three survivors at 19:47 and, because they were in a poor condition with hypothermia, headed towards Cherbourg at 21:00 to make a rendezvous with a French rescue helicopter that airlifted the men to hospital. Jobourg released the other two ships to continue on their way at 22:08. The search was called off at 04:27 the next morning. Investigations The Hamburg police started to conduct an investigation but Alam Pintars crew would only speak to marine investigators. The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch conducted an investigation and published a full report in September 2010. The report was damning. It said those on the bridge of Alam Pintar were inexperienced and the complement did not comply with the requirements for keeping a lookout. Their actions to avoid collision were ineffective because, although they changed course in good time, the change had not been sufficient. The standard of lookout on Etoile des Ondes had also been poor and the vessel's movements had been erratic. This, however, should have been expected for a boat when actually fishing. It stated, "As Alam Pintar continued on passage to Hamburg, the ship’s documents and recordings, including those of the voyage data recorder (VDR), were altered or removed