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Just read the whole Wikipedia article, and caught where the DUKW is the first vehicle on record to ever use a CTIS system allowing the wheels to be automatically inflated or deflated (like for running on soft beach sand); very cool!

The Wikipedia article about them notes the original design limitation on the vehicle, so maybe they're being pressed beyond their limits from the get-go: - "Excelling at approaching and crossing beaches in amphibious warfare attacks, it was intended only to last long enough to meet the demands...

I heard that various personal injury attorneys were very interested in the case. I found this picture of them lining up to get more information about it all:

A tragedy; and it's bound to get messy. Now with the determination official, this is probably just getting started.

Thanks for the follow-up, frank8003. It would be nice to know what was the nature of the "improper manufacturing" (like missing a part? or maybe a bad weld?).

Thank you for the first-hand story. What years (+/-) were you performing all this re-build work (i.e. , when did this whole "urban DUKW" thing really take off)?

Your comments here are productive, saddamsnightmare, and I want to thank you for that. Maybe some kind of good WILL come out of this incident. Kind of like the HMS Titanic incident: NOW every ship has sufficient lifeboats. But the tragedy of the unexpected, the families who sent their children...

It is a terrible tragedy, and by its nature (the fatalities being foreign students), an international event. This is sad (maybe even on more levels than we realize right now). For the record, here's the coverage in The Washington Post...