“It’s a roll-on, roll-off ferry, and there is big question mark over the stability of this kind of ship,” said David Osler of the London shipping paper Lloyds List. “It would only take a bit of water to get on board this ship and it would be all over. ... The percentage of this type of ferry involved in this type of disaster is huge.”
Some of us, myself included, earlier speculated that this was likely sabotage. I withdraw that speculation, since this was far more likely the kind of disaster that earlier occurred in the Baltic Sea, for example.
Why do I get the feeling that the "gates" or "doors" weren't locked in place, and thus the ferry was swamped.
Blame the jews...
Man, that's a lot of sinks. How many people does it carry?
Sure, but being dead is not the worst possible outcome. Being saved by Jews would have been worse...
Maybe their allah isn't happy with them?
You'd think that Egyptians would have learned to be wary of crossing the Red Sea in large numbers!
"How odd of God to choose the Jews."
Nevertheless, He did. Get over it, Mo.
Bush's Fault.
I honestly can't believe I was first with this reply...
Clearly this was Allah's judgement against these westernized Muslims who have lost their way. Allah be praised.
The other question worth asking is how many passengers was the ferry rated for? A common thread in these sort of tragedies often seems to be a gross disregard for safe loading limits.
Wasn't the original story that there were over three thousand people on board? Is this the same accident?
I'm praying for these people.
No, there isn't. If you properly secure the doors (particularly the bow doors), that is.
Regardless of how it happened, it's a terrible tragedy. God rest their souls.
Here's something I've been wondering all day, and maybe some of you old Navy salts with some savvy on the matter could chime in: is there any chance - any chance at all - that this ship ran into one of those old World War II mines we sometimes read about, or maybe something similar of more recent vintage left over from some Middle Eastern conflict at one time or another?
I have the feeling that the possibility's remote, and that, in the end, it'll turn out to have been something to do with the weather - which was reported to be bad - and the fact that this craft looks extremely "top heavy" to my (admittedly untutored) eye. But... I mean, after all, comparable ships sail all the time, and this one had been in service for decades without a mishap. So why now?
From the apparent suddenness of the sinking, indicated by the absence of a Mayday and the scarcity of survivors, it seems like something catastrophic and unexpected occurred. So... absent deliberate sabotage, that's why I'm wondering about some form of out-dated ordnance.
Any comments? Anyone?
For a second I thought it read "Kerry sinks...".
I thought it was a good news story. Sorry.