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| Thread ID: 144233 | 2017-08-21 06:11:00 | It was dark............................ | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
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| 1438414 | 2017-08-22 22:43:00 | Regardless there will be a few US Navy types looking for a new job in the near future. Failing to notice a tanker is not a good career move. | CliveM (6007) | ||
| 1438415 | 2017-08-23 00:15:00 | It's all China's fault! 1. China made all those cheap electronic components; 2. China stirred up the South China Sea unrests; 3. China didn't control its little brother, Kim Jon-on well enough. |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1438416 | 2017-08-23 00:17:00 | Post 7 has got it right. Well said WalOne.. A shame lives were lost in the dark. |
Lurking (218) | ||
| 1438417 | 2017-08-23 21:51:00 | One photo I saw, the damage looked like it was done by the bow of the tanker. Nice symetrical shape. | Whenu (9358) | ||
| 1438418 | 2017-08-23 22:40:00 | That’s what it looked like to me too, which raises questions like how the hell did an Oil Tanker “T” Bone a Warship. After all, they both must have known they were on a collision course and even if the Warship had right of way it was much more manoeuvrable than an Oil Tanker and therefore the last vessel that could have avoided the accident that cost lives. Personally, I can’t see the crew of either ship coming out of this inquiry covered in glory. I’m actually picking the Warship was in "Stealth Mode" with "AIS" turned off and couldn’t be identified by the Tanker. Just a guess though. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1438419 | 2017-08-24 04:34:00 | "What caused the accident? The McCain suffered a steering failure as the warship was beginning its approach into the Strait of Malacca, causing it to collide with a commercial tanker, a Navy official told CNN. The official said it was unclear why the crew couldn't use the ship's backup steering systems to maintain control. Earlier, another US Navy official told CNN there were indications the destroyer experienced a loss of steering right before the collision, but steering had been regained afterward." Source: edition.cnn.com |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 1438420 | 2017-08-24 04:57:00 | Earlier, another US Navy official told CNN there were indications the destroyer experienced a loss of steering right before the collision, but steering had been regained afterward." LOL. I can think of a whole bunch of scenarios how that happened, none of them complimentary to the driver. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1438421 | 2017-08-24 07:09:00 | "What caused the accident? The McCain suffered a steering failure as the warship was beginning its approach into the Strait of Malacca, causing it to collide with a commercial tanker, a Navy official told CNN. The official said it was unclear why the crew couldn't use the ship's backup steering systems to maintain control. Earlier, another US Navy official told CNN there were indications the destroyer experienced a loss of steering right before the collision, but steering had been regained afterward." Source: edition.cnn.com Well when I was on Navy Leanders/Monowai/Endeavour/Chuck Upham we practiced steering gear failure regularly, I wonder if the Yanks do |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1438422 | 2017-08-25 06:57:00 | Well when I was on Navy Leanders/Monowai/Endeavour/Chuck Upham we practiced steering gear failure regularly, I wonder if the Yanks do When you've got Lucas steering gear, practice failures have to be sandwiched between the real failures, this requires split-second timing. ;). |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1438423 | 2017-08-25 08:48:00 | When you've got Lucas steering gear, practice failures have to be sandwiched between the real failures, this requires split-second timing. ;). Telling the difference is key. |
Whenu (9358) | ||
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