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There are a lot of good comments on this story. What stood out to me in the article, however, was that they thought the lights on the tanker were part of the po
by goodcanadian 8y ago
There are a lot of good comments on this story. What stood out to me in the article, however, was that they thought the lights on the tanker were part of the port. Sounds like a bit of a stupid mistake in the context of what other commenters are saying, but fine, whatever, you thought they were lights of the port. Why on Earth did you ram the port at 17 knots?
EDIT: Yes, I understand they didn't think it was moving, but it would have been obviously close to their line of travel. A bit of caution would have been appropriate.
- rangibaby 8y agoIt’s probably one of those things where everyone thought everyone else would notice that the port was actually another boat
- Tor3 8y agoYeah, apperently there were 7 people on the bridge.. way too many. Everything becomes "somebody else knows what's going on".
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoIsn't the hierarchy of command specifically made to avoid that. "I thought someone else was in charge" doesn't seem possible on a plane/ship, and certainly not a military one.
- gnud 8y agoI guess they knew where they were, and how far away the port was. When the tanker was a fair distance away, they mistook it for the port, even further away. When they got closer to the tanker, it was too late.
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- noselasd 8y agoThat is one of the strange part in this - they got multiple warnings many minutes ahead about being on a collision course. The very thing one would expect in such a situation is to slow down, and get an overview of the situation.