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Damning report reveals cause of HMNZS Manawanui's sinking off Samoa (www.nzherald.co.nz)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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...He said the crew did not realise Manawanui remained in autopilot and, mistakenly believed its failure to respond to direction changes was the result of a thruster control failure...

Hows that for a work story... I've had some bad days at the office, but they have not resulted in the loss of a $100 million dollar piece of equipment.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On the face of it that does sound logical, but seemingly it must be common in large vessels* so i'd assume there's a reason for it that as a pleb I have no idea about.

*from a sample size of 1 fairly large ferry and an NZ Navy ship.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Whatever the reason for not having it cancel seems less important than not crashing a ship 😅