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How does a huge ship like that get stuck in that orientation wrt. the canal? These things don't really turn on a dime I presume. Edit: Go to https://www.myship
by ragebol 6y ago
How does a huge ship like that get stuck in that orientation wrt. the canal? These things don't really turn on a dime I presume.
Edit: Go to https://www.myshiptracking.com/ https://www.myshiptracking.com/ and use the Playback button with timestamp 23/03/2021 06:15:00 to see the ship drifting left and right.
- donalhunt 6y agoFrom one of the twitter threads on the topic: "power blackout". So likely the ship was uncontrollable and drifted into the bank. There seems to be evidence that there its bulbous bow is embedded in the bank.
- ragebol 6y agoAha, that explains. The sheer inertia of a ship like this, almost unimaginable. That'll jam that bow in there good.
- akg_67 6y agoAs I shared in another comment according to NHK News in Japan, poor visibility due to sand storm was the cause. It is a Japanese ship operated by Taiwanese company.
- myself248 6y agoCan you find that tweet again? I'm scouring every link I can find and I seem to have lost it. In particular, there was one where someone said another ship behind them _also_ lost power/control around the same time and almost rear-ended them. I would really love to find that tweet again.
- mzs 6y agoThanks for describing how the playback feature works, there's another vessel two back that ran into trouble as well: https://gfycat.com/JointFirmGrayling https://gfycat.com/JointFirmGrayling