cruise accident

[crapstang]

http://news.yahoo.com/ship-aground-off-italy-3-bodies-found-69-134340580.html

Kind of wild, welcome to Italy

[Unicorn Jeff]

Saw that this morning... At least that shit happened during the day.

[Goose]

Wich is odd considering doesn't Italy have the largest Maritime schools there and aren't most of the captains now days school and train out of Italy?

[Forever_frost]

Wow, boat listing hard and the crew are still saying "No, no problem, go back to your room." Hello massive lawsuit

[ARIX]

That sucks.

[Captain Crawfish]

somebody wasnt driving it. no way that boat goes off course and hits a reef or whatever tearing a 160ft hole in the hull without some jackass asleep at the wheel.

[LS1Goat]

Saw that this morning... At least that shit happened during the day.

It was in the dead of night.

somebody wasnt driving it. no way that boat goes off course and hits a reef or whatever tearing a 160ft hole in the hull without some jackass asleep at the wheel.

I just got done watching a Modern Marvels show on History HD about modern cruise ships. They all use GPS navigation and have a lot of redundant alarm systems. That's why this one is going to be very hard to explain. And from the sound of the witness reports, the crew was unprepared and in total shell shock while the shit was going down. This is a accident/injury attorney's wet dream. Slam dunk. No pun intended.

[jason07]

That is wild!!

It will be interesting to see what they do with this boat also.

I just hope they can find the missing passengers.

[jason07]

Saw that this morning... At least that shit happened during the day.

It actually started in the evening or perhaps early morning hours. It was still dark in other words.

[BP]

somebody wasnt driving it. no way that boat goes off course and hits a reef or whatever tearing a 160ft hole in the hull without some jackass asleep at the wheel.

There are always 3 officers on the bridge any time the ship is moving and the chief engineer (whose station is just above the engine room) could have taken control if something happened to those 3.

This ship is a sister to the Carnival Splendor which had a similar problem in 2010:

http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2010/11/carnival-splendor-fire-cruise-ship-engine-room-tug-boat/130420/1

Something major had to have gone wrong with the controls, like an engine fire and a complete electrical system failure. They all run on autopilot and follow navigational buoys and additionally they have sonar. Usually when they are in coastal waterways they'll have a local pilot on board who helps navigate as well.

[Jyard]

That's some crazy shit.

[crapstang]

"hello, this is state farm, how may i assist you?"

[Captain Crawfish]

There are always 3 officers on the bridge any time the ship is moving and the chief engineer (whose station is just above the engine room) could have taken control if something happened to those 3.

This ship is a sister to the Carnival Splendor which had a similar problem in 2010:

http://travel.usatoday.com/cruises/post/2010/11/carnival-splendor-fire-cruise-ship-engine-room-tug-boat/130420/1

Something major had to have gone wrong with the controls, like an engine fire and a complete electrical system failure. They all run on autopilot and follow navigational buoys and additionally they have sonar. Usually when they are in coastal waterways they'll have a local pilot on board who helps navigate as well.

hopefully it was a malfunction in equipment. sounds like it.

[helosailor]

Yet another reason why I have ZERO interest in going aboard a civilian ship of decent size.

[Forever_frost]

Yet another reason why I have ZERO interest in going aboard a civilian ship of decent size.

You were there weren't you? Damn sailors.