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I feel like this is all the same absurd realities as with Flight M370. A vessel carrying 33 lives into the path of a hurricane was relying on hourly EMAILS fro
by secstate 9y ago
I feel like this is all the same absurd realities as with Flight M370.
A vessel carrying 33 lives into the path of a hurricane was relying on hourly EMAILS from a for-profit weather aggregation service? What the hell? Why wouldn't you have up to the minute satellite transmissions of developing whether on every ship that leaves port?
It seems the world is poorer, and people greedier, than can possibly be imagined.
- AceJohnny2 9y ago> It seems the world is poorer, and people greedier, than can possibly be imagined. And processes are slower, and people more reluctant to change.
- greglindahl 9y agoHow often are weather forecasts updated?
- emmelaich 9y agoAs often six-hourly but I imagine more frequently than that at certain ports and airports. Doesn't matter though; the radar images are available continuously.
- notl4wy3r 9y agoThe thing that shocks me is how easily it all could have been prevented by laying a slightly more conservative course a few days before. Just a reminder of how an early course correction has so much more effect than heroic efforts later on. It's amazing how many places this is true: shipping, retirement plans, and orbital dynamics to pick just a few examples.
- WillPostForFood 9y agoIt's even worse than that, they had a chance to turn out of it just 6 hours before they sank.
- WillPostForFood 9y agoThey did have Inmarsat-C weather reports coming in as well. EL FARO was equipped to receive weather information from Inmarsat Sat-C communications, NAVTEX, HF-VOBRA, weather fax, satellite TV services, satellite radio services, and Inmarsat-C on-demand weather forecasting services. During the ship’s port calls, and while transiting close to shore, the ship could use the full range of broadcast media as well as wireless or cellular access to all of the available weather forecasting technology such as the Weather Channel and Weather Underground. During EL FARO’s accident voyage the Coast Guard had aircraft on patrol over the eastern Bahamas broadcasting information about the developing tropical system and the associated watches and warnings on Ch. 16 VHF- FM. (156.8 MHZ). The Coast Guard aircraft VHF radio broadcast was heard by watch standers on EL FARO’s bridge.