Investigators call engineers death aboard ship accidental

<p>The death of a German engineer aboard a container ship was ruled an accident by an interagency investigation team, the U.S. Coast Guard said Tuesday.</p><p>Marco Krahl, 27, was found dead inside a component of the London Express main engine when the ship arrived at Norfolk International Terminals on Sunday.</p><p>Krahl was last seen by other crew members when they were working on the engine together Friday in Savannah, Ga. The crew left him in the engine room to get dinner and could not locate him when they returned later that night.</p><p>The crew members told investigators they assumed he had gone ashore and been delayed.</p><p>A preliminary autopsy found that Krahl died on Saturday while the vessel was at sea. The cause of death was not immediately known.</p><p>The London Express is a 964-foot German flagged container ship, operated by Hapag Lloyd.</p><p>Agencies involved in the investigation included the Virginia Port Authority Police, Virginia State Police, Coast Guard Investigative Services and the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office Hampton Roads.</p><p>Authorities in Savannah assisted in the search for Krahl on Friday.</p>