Posted on 01/17/2012 8:45:17 AM PST by Red Badger
Did the capt go below to assess the damage or at least the ocean inflow rate?
Nor a Capt. Chesley Burnett “Sully” Sullenberger III.
I was thinking he shoulda been The Lounge Act.
Still looking for his strawberries.
Ok, Christopher Columbus and ..........
Just watched a youtube video of the Oceana sinking in the S. Atlantic.
Captain and crew abandoned ship, with their luggage. Left the passengers to fend for themselves.
Some of the entertainers took charge.
No - I’ve worked with Philipinos, Koreans, Japanese, Chinese, Arabs, Aussies, and Thai - all of them would have said listing. English is the common language of OCEAN going vessels just like in the world of finance.
That being said - if I had been the PA - I’d have quit wasting my time after the first go round, sent a pilot onboard to lead the evacuation, and a harbor police to arrest the captain after his first delay in reboarding.
Absolutely no sense in this - every officer on the bridge - CO, OOD (or civilian equivalent), and Navigator should be charged and jailed. The others are duty bound to turn the bridge over to the CO and log their complaint if they feel he is putting the ship in harms way for no good reason. I saw something where the navigator may have protested and logged same, but haven’t seen follow up.
Any ships crew that was off the ship prior to the last passenger should be up for charges as well. The CO likely had a license that was “paid for” and not earned.
The liner that the Greek captain and crew abandoned and left the passengers to their fate was the Oceanos which sank off of South Africa. Everyone was saved though, no thanks to the captain.
that’s CONGRESSMAN Gopher...
Korean Tanker blowed up real good:
Norwegian coastal cruiser - on board explosion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOHEgtn2aKc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=i5tjtBmpZ8I
Freighter breakup on Xmas Ialand:
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?sid=4680
Thanks for the ping. No doubt, this recording will be played at his trial.
I’m well aware of how dangerous it is especially when landing aircraft on the stern or a flight deck, replenishing at sea, or dealing with heavy weather. I’m not even upset the capt changed course - but this idiot didn’t take soundings, bother to establish a visual nav team, or deal with the situation after it occurred as a responsible capt would.
That being said - the korean thing is still up for review as suspect of NK foul play, I thought I heard the Norwegian had something going on below decks in regards to hotwork, Looking at the xmas island freighter it wasn’t well maintained and appears to be the result of storm surge, oh and the russian sub fire was a result of hotwork and with exception of the SK ship all the others were alongside the pier - there is no excuse for running aground in todays age of GPS, fathometers, range finders, thrusters, and manual backups in calm weather....
but then it was dark, you can hear the CO talk to the PA about it - BAH, ship him over the side and keel-haul him mates, he’s a landlubber making as a mermaid - so let him swim.
Bubba Giuseppe will be his bunk “buddy” in a fine Italian prison.
When the captain gets out of prison he can probably get a job in our Treasury Dept. rearranging deck chairs.
The title of the video is: “Il ‘saluto’ della Costa Concordia all’Isola del Giglio nel 2011”
There’s another video that appears the same simply titled: “Costa Concordia Agosto 2011”. I know when they were posted but it appears the video was taken last summer.
Close Encounters Song, everybody....
With Satellite Weather data, RADAR, GPS, all sorts of web based ship traffic position data, etc, it would seem that it is still a much more dangerous business than the Cruise Lines would lead one to believe (not including hiring cowboys as Captains - not that there is anything wrong with cowboys, they just shouldn't be allowed to drive the train...).
It also explains why so many Navy Captains have their careers cut short.
He probably beached the boat because he couldn’t swim!
Well given the number of vessels that are out there your bound to have problems - the main driver is lack of proper maintenance on breakdowns - one thing the Navy did right in my mind was a solid preventative maintenance system. After that the major issues become mental mistakes - often driven by alcohol and drugs (it can get lonely on the high seas, but even there modern conveniences have eliminated the majority of past concerns with dvds, video games, some oilers have swimming pools for gods sake). Third I would say is improper training or overly quick promotions.
As to the cruise liners I think the big thing to worry about is the airborne pathogens - I’ve heard of more than a few cruises where 1/2 the people onboard got sick. They tend to keep a good clamp on that news with vouchers for another cruise provided you sign an agreement to keep quiet.... but every once in a while it gets out in the press.
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