India, April 15 -- The Colaba police have received a report from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) of the Indian Navy speedboat that had crashed into a passenger ferry, Neel Kamal, at Karanja near Uran, enroute to Elephanta Island on December 18. Fifteen people were killed in the crash and several others injured.

The OEM report states that there was no fault either in the speedboat or its engine, ruling out the possibility of any malfunction in the vessel. This means, a police officer said, the reason behind the crash is an error on the part of the pilot of the speedboat.

After the accident, police had asked the OEM of the naval vessel and the Indian Navy to conduct independent inquiries into the incident. The report from Indian...