…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.
Yeah, that’s not very typical. l’d like to make that point.
Ah, but the front didn’t fall off. That is very typical.
I can’t believe they’re covering up more of Lightning God Thor’s antics, again.
There is a pretty good video about the details of the sinking, and some of the issues that may have contributed to the situation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNx5V4GmSdE
Hey I’ve had this video sitting around waiting for me to watch it, I finally got around to it. It’s a great video, does a great job of summarising the announcement, explaining how the ship works, and discussing potential causes and problem points.
Thanks for posting it!
Why doesn’t the maritime industry take cues from the aviation industry as they have worked out a rather simple solution in response to several losses of planes due to similar issues.
Have auto pilot that disengages with sustained mass input of the controls with an accompanying audio alert of “autopilot disengaged, manual control, autopilot disengaged, manual control”.
