Posted on 09/12/2019 1:13:09 PM PDT by billorites
Basically someone sleeping on watch. Lots of fighting men have learned that bitter lesson in blood. Often the blood of their friends.
Any word on how the fire started and where?
It seems like the scrupulous attention to rules and detail that we had drummed into us growing up is an alien concept now days.
I see it with the young people I work with... detail is wholly incidental to them and they are daily blindsided with something that was avoidable... but they ignored it yesterday or last week. They have no clue
I hate lawyers.
Sometimes it is just and unfortunate set of circumstances.
If crew was all asleep, that's the liability.
Possible overloaded power strip charging everyone’s phones and cameras overnight. Very little to base this on but it makes sense to me. In any case this is a very sad event.
Sometimes it is just and unfortunate set of circumstances.
The lawyers are just doing their jobs, so don't blame them. Instead, blame the gutless juries and judges who let them get away with it.
Did the captain not assign someone (probably) or did the assigned person fall asleep like the Epstein guards?
Regulations require a crew member on this type of boat to be awake at all times.
Were these guys formerly employed at the FCI in NYC guarding Epstein??
If smoke and fire detection systems worked, even sleepy crew should have responded to a fire. Granted if anyone was standing watch they would have seen it when it was possibly easier to fight.
So I would say (1) defective smoke detectors (2) defective crew discipline and adherence to regulations, and (3) a defective charger that provided the spark, and possibly a source of fuel near the charging system? Usually for this level of consequence at least three failures of systems are necessary, it seems that was the case here.
Therefore, this accident was avoidable by breaking any one of the risk factors.
And how immediately the captain/owner said they’re not paying any claims.
Supposedly had A SMOKE DETECTOR LIKE YOU USE AT HOME. Since the boat was older, wasn’t few to have more modern safety requirements. Maybe like sprinklers.
Supposedly they all died from smoke inhalation.
Using some Civil War Era maritime law to dodge responsibility.
Oh, its worse than that (if possible) The Fire and Flooding watch was deemed unnecessary and no crew was assigned a watch while at anchor with 34 passengers aboard. Further, none of these professional mariners as the boat owner claims they are, took the initiative to confront and override the captain and stand a freaking watch. They preferred to sleep.
Well done, you freaking retards. Have a nice life trying to ever find employment anywhere else for the foreseeable future. I wouldnt hire you to clean toilets - too much responsibility
But CA wasn’t in the CW so how could that apply?
Google: battery fires
Then click on Images.
But I agree that the most likely ignition cause is some combination of the boat's very limited electrical system with recharging of the many portable electronic consumer devices brought by the passengers.
I expect that underwriters of the coverage for dive boat operators will insist on an ironclad policy that all personal electric devices brought by the passengers be provided to the captain every evening that passengers stay overnight.
My bf said the exact same thing. He has been on all 3 boats. He also said that he charged his phone in the berths.
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