Posted on 07/22/2004 10:53:05 AM PDT by nwctwx
The captain probably got frustrated with security and made some joking comment about a bomb, and then when he realized that this would trigger an automatic (heavy) response, tried to back down and get them to leave him alone. Either way, he's got lots of 'splainin to do.
I remember hearing a radio show about charleston, sc having a nuclear disaster. It was extremely realistic. Maybe this was the same show. I was just thinking about it a few days ago and couldn't find anything on google. Does anyone know where I can find it?
"Ships master notified authorities that a bomb was on board....Captain refusing search."
I don't quite follow this. The ship's master notifies about the bomb, but the captain won't allow a search.
Any time, MM!
>>Boatload of Italian tiles?
THose must've some tiles, the glow in the dark variety.
The Palermo, IIRC. Gone into the memoryhole.
Jimmah Carter must be so proud.
Actually the pilot comes on board out in the ocean, just outside Delaware Bay, and a good 125 miles away from Philadelphia.
One thing I think many people caught up in "terror ship" hype aren't aware of is that every tanker and freighter that enters a US port is guided there by an American pilot who comes on board and takes over, and that these pilots typically get on the ship quite a long way from any ports or cities.
Conceivable that the "pilot" was confused with "ship's master" somehow.
Brett Bair said they had been tracking this ship..
Um...so basically, he told them they couldn't search his ship for contraband because there was a bomb onboard? Pfffft.
News flash: Authorities are now saying that if anything suspicious is found on the ship, it has no possible connection to terrorism.
Big time refining facilities in the Delaware valley.
master steers the boat, captain signs the checks...
Any more info on how this is handled? Do they just bring one American on board and then let him pilot the thing into the port? I'm thinking a small group of terrorists could easily overpower one guy...might make more sense to send a small team of armed guards to accompany the pilot, eh?
He sure does.
That's what I'm thinking, too. The pilot may have seen or heard something and reported it.
Probably just a case of some journalist saying "... but if I put 'pilot', my stupid readers will get confused because everyone knows ships don't have pilots. Planes do..."
Along with three commercial nuclear reactors, right on the river!
that was the ships PILOT, the guy who knew where the rocks and shoals were and guided the ship in.
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