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Stuck rudder caused New Orleans tanker collision

US safety officials say an asphalt tanker’s rudder became stuck, leaving the vessel unable to steer before it hit a docked paddlewheel cruise boat on the Mississippi River in New Orleans last week, federal investigators said Sunday.
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