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Brings to mind the sinking of the El Faro. The captain was relying on the free version of a paid weather app that gated up to date information. The 12 hours out
by nwallin 5y ago
Brings to mind the sinking of the El Faro. The captain was relying on the free version of a paid weather app that gated up to date information. The 12 hours out of date information showed the planned/filed path to be safe, but in reality the captain sailed straight into the center of a hurricane, and sank with all hands.
Many other factors contributed to the sinking, but one of the NTSB bulletpoints was to rely on official weather sources only. I wonder if that directive played a role here.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15554602 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15554602
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17160396 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17160396
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_El_Faro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_El_Faro