I want to hear about the local harbor pilot who should have been piloting the vessel out of the harbor.
There is the Swiss cheese effect - often cited in disasters like this one. It's when a whole series of independent events which by themselves wouldn't cause a disaster but when combined lead to the end result.
Here's an example for this case - the ship was headed south in the river when it lost propulsion. It was loaded with containers, many probably empty, that completely took up deck space almost to the level of the ship's bridge. Yesterday's thread has the weather at the time of the collision as Wind is 8 knots, gusts to 11 knots, from the east
When the ship lost power, the stacked containers acted as a giant sail pushing the ship to the west, out of the channel and toward the bridge support.
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After shooting him, the grandmother attended to his wound and applied pressure until police arrived. An APD spokeswoman said Rivera will be booked into jail after being released from the hospital, where he is being treated.
The tip that got him caught came from a clerk at a ABQ convenience store. About 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning he came in to buy cigarettes. As an ID is required for purchase in NM, Smith gave the clerk his actual ID with his picture on it! After purchasing the cigarettes and leaving, the clerk called the Sheriff's department. He was located on foot and a shootout occurred. It is not yet known how he got from Tucumcari to ABQ, a distance about 175 miles. The link to the clerks story is attached.