Somebody who claims to know diesel engines says that they give off smoke when you rev them, so he thinks the pilot revved the boat before shutting it down.
The Queen Mary cut her engines 30 miles from destination port.
Someone suggested the soot was due to trying to restart the the engine.
The whole thing makes no sense. I wonder if they are trying to distract us from something bigger
I read and posted the same thing yesterday. The man also said revving the engine gave them better steering capabilities.
There’s other reasons for a diesel - or any engine - to smoke...the smoke in the video looked like it was a lot more than what a simple revving would do.
Somebody who claims to know diesel engines says that they give off smoke when you rev them, so he thinks the pilot revved the boat before shutting it down.
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Yes, its true diesel engines smoke like hell when you rev. the engine, but my guess is that happened as the pilot desperately reversed the prop to slow the ship once he gained electronic control over the ship. However, the real question is what killed the electronics? Here is an article that discusses the possible cause for the loss of electrical power, which is likely directly related to ship’s loss of steering and engine power.