I’m wonderin’ why the crew was able to jump overboard, but the passengers were not.
Something doesn’t add up.
Sounds like no Fire Watch to me. But I will wait for more facts to come out.
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I’m wonderin’ why the crew was able to jump overboard, but the passengers were not.
Something doesn’t add up.
Story does seem to be changing. From “crew blown overboard by explosion “ to crew got in lifeboat and sailed away from burning ship. Passengers drowning suggests they survived the explosion, obviously.
Simple. The crew was on the deck awake and preparing for breakfast and the passengers were all below deck sleeping.
There is an earlier post here that said they were sleeping below deck and the fire prevented them from escaping.
The crew was on deck while passengers were asleep below deck, and their only way out was blocked. Meanwhile the crew could just jump off.
They slept on top and let the sheep take the death beds below deck.
Boat design. Passenger bunks were below deck with only a narrow staircase to exit through. Crew quarters were on deck level.
The dispatcher also asked if there was an alternate escape route. The answer was no.
According to interviews on Fox last night, the fire started just as the crew was up preparing breakfast (@4:30 a.m.)and getting ready for the morning dives. Fire mostly likely *blocked* the hall and doorways (not locked as initially reported) leading to the cabins hindering escape for the passengers. Fire was incredibly intense and spread rapidly so the crew’s ability aid passengers below was impeded. They barely made it off the ship themselves.
Crew quarters is above the main deck. It appears the fire started either in the galley (lithium battery charging station) or in the berthing compartment itself. There are 120V outlets in the berthing compartment, so someone could have been charging batteries down there as well. Toxic smoke, hot as hell lithium battery fire . . . . if you see the video of LASFD putting water on the blaze, you can see the heart of the fire reacting unusually to the water from the hoses. Throw some water on a burning lithium battery and see what happens.
Yes, and once they had escaped the fire and were in another boat, did they not try to rescue any of the passengers who apparently were jumping into the water?