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To: Mariner

Has this type of “pause” happened before?

I can’t recall a time, in my lifetime....but, I certainly may have missed it.


14 posted on 08/21/2017 9:59:48 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: Jane Long

Me, neither... does it mean they’re just going to stop playing in merchant traffic lanes, and go sit and float until....?


18 posted on 08/21/2017 10:03:30 AM PDT by txhurl (Dog: 'he's just the cook')
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To: Jane Long

Has this type of “pause” happened before?

Yes, the pause came after even more accidents.

48-HOUR STOPPAGE PLANNED BY NAVY
By STEPHEN ENGELBERG, Special to The New York Times
Published: November 15, 1989

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14— After a succession of accidents around the world, the Navy announced today that it was suspending routine operations for 48 hours to review safety procedures with each sailor and aviator.

It was the first time the Navy has taken such a step, officials said, and it reflected the mounting concern over the deaths and injuries sustained by both Navy personnel and civilians in the accidents in the past three weeks.

Navy officials said that the suspension would only affect routine operations and training exercises and that essential military functions, like ship movements in the Persian Gulf and drug interdiction efforts, would not be stopped. All deployed ships, submarines and aircraft would still be available for emergency operations, the officials said. Two More Accidents.

The safety review was ordered early this morning before word was received about a fire today aboard the Inchon, an amphibious assault ship undergoing maintenance in Norfolk, Va. The blaze injured 31 sailors and 8 civilians. The Navy said one sailor was in guarded condition and another was in serious condition.

http://www.nytimes.com/1989/11/15/us/48-hour-stoppage-planned-by-navy.html?mcubz=0


68 posted on 08/21/2017 2:19:19 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Racists, Nah!!)
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