But the botched evacuation? From the info on AM news, it sounded like directions from shore weren't all that assuring. He was concerned about an order to evacuate which would cause death if the passengers didn't have survival gear and weren't picked up quickly in the frigid water. It sounded like the ship tilted so much that using lifeboats wouldn't get everyone off.
Evacuations of ships are tricky. There will be panic and loss of life in most cases. Otherwise, people would not have been stuck on those cruise ships that stopped functioning.
I'll be one of those reserving judgement until we know what caused the disaster and how quickly and dramatically that ship tilted and started sinking.
Evacuations of ships are tricky.
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Even trickier when at night and the PROFESSIONALS hopped the first life boat ashore.
Great excuse was heard yesterday....
Captain said something along the line of
‘I couldn’t stand to hang around and see the people in the cold water without enough gear, so I left’.........(OR to that effect)
Seems like the old ‘WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST’ has morphed into
“WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST -—BUT
.....me and me mates will lead the way in the head life boat”
The captain knew enough to save himself and his crew...