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What was the ship captain's plan here? Just ram through the bridge?

by questinthrow 3y ago

coqadoodle 3y ago
Appeared disabled in the video, this was not planned.
- questinthrow 3y ago
  The captain was disabled or the bridge? I dont understand how you set a course through a bridge like that
  - defrost 3y ago
    A course is set through the middle, side thrusters, rudders, and|or engines fail or falter, and current drifts the ship into the bridge pylon. Ships in water tend to move and keep moving, engines and thrusters work to vector that motion into a desired direction - when things fail motion doesn't cease and courses aren't maintained.
    - ReptileMan 3y ago
      The best quote from Mass Effect: Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space!
      - fransje26 3y ago
        Gravity is a harsh mistress..
      - yieldcrv 3y ago
        "this hurts you, Shephard"
    - boshaus 3y ago
      https://imgur.com/a/OXDh1mM https://imgur.com/a/OXDh1mM Here’s an image of its path
  - anon7725 3y ago
    The lights on the ship all go out about 5 minutes before impact. They come back on and appear to go out again as impact gets closer. It looks like the ship suffered a catastrophic failure that affected the controls.
  - fredoralive 3y ago
    The ship, most of its lights go out a minute of two before the collision, and it also seems to be emitting black smoke (from the funnels / engine exhaust?) as well.
lmm 3y ago
Looks like the captain might have had little control and/or been distracted, what with the ship being on fire at the time.
- fransje26 3y ago
  It looks like it's smoking nicely, yes..
- brazzy 3y ago
  The smoke was likely from the engines running at full reverse to avoid the collision. But the ship lost power (you can see its lights going out in the video) and thus the ability to steer.
oldgradstudent 3y ago
Usually, a harbor pilot guides the vessel when entering and leaving the harbor. The pilot is a former captain with a lot of local experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_pilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_pilot [Edit: The association of Maryland Pilots even has the bridge on their homepage https://www.mdpilots.com/ https://www.mdpilots.com/] Did the pilot screw up? Was the pilot ignore? Did the captain take over? Was there a technical fault that disabled steering? There could be a lot of possible reasons for this incident.
- brazzy 3y ago
  It's clearly visible in the video that the ship loses power twice before the collision.
  - oldgradstudent 3y ago
    That could be an effect of aggressive attempts to regain control rather than the cause, though.
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  In most cases the pilot is there as an advisor, the captain/master is still in command of the ship.

What was the ship captain's plan here? Just ram through the bridge?

coqadoodle 3y ago

Appeared disabled in the video, this was not planned.

questinthrow 3y ago
The captain was disabled or the bridge? I dont understand how you set a course through a bridge like that
- defrost 3y ago
  A course is set through the middle, side thrusters, rudders, and|or engines fail or falter, and current drifts the ship into the bridge pylon. Ships in water tend to move and keep moving, engines and thrusters work to vector that motion into a desired direction - when things fail motion doesn't cease and courses aren't maintained.
  - ReptileMan 3y ago
    The best quote from Mass Effect: Sir Isaac Newton is the deadliest son-of-a-bitch in space!
    - fransje26 3y ago
      Gravity is a harsh mistress..
    - yieldcrv 3y ago
      "this hurts you, Shephard"
  - boshaus 3y ago
    https://imgur.com/a/OXDh1mM https://imgur.com/a/OXDh1mM Here’s an image of its path
- anon7725 3y ago
  The lights on the ship all go out about 5 minutes before impact. They come back on and appear to go out again as impact gets closer. It looks like the ship suffered a catastrophic failure that affected the controls.
- fredoralive 3y ago
  The ship, most of its lights go out a minute of two before the collision, and it also seems to be emitting black smoke (from the funnels / engine exhaust?) as well.

lmm 3y ago

Looks like the captain might have had little control and/or been distracted, what with the ship being on fire at the time.

fransje26 3y ago
It looks like it's smoking nicely, yes..
brazzy 3y ago
The smoke was likely from the engines running at full reverse to avoid the collision. But the ship lost power (you can see its lights going out in the video) and thus the ability to steer.

oldgradstudent 3y ago

Usually, a harbor pilot guides the vessel when entering and leaving the harbor. The pilot is a former captain with a lot of local experience. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_pilot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_pilot [Edit: The association of Maryland Pilots even has the bridge on their homepage https://www.mdpilots.com/ https://www.mdpilots.com/] Did the pilot screw up? Was the pilot ignore? Did the captain take over? Was there a technical fault that disabled steering? There could be a lot of possible reasons for this incident.

brazzy 3y ago
It's clearly visible in the video that the ship loses power twice before the collision.
- oldgradstudent 3y ago
  That could be an effect of aggressive attempts to regain control rather than the cause, though.
SoftTalker 3y ago
In most cases the pilot is there as an advisor, the captain/master is still in command of the ship.