I’m not seeing the conspiracy here. The ship’s power and lights going off/on give evidence to problems, the pilot and crew seemed on top of everything, the quick response to shut the bridge down was great. All-in-all we should be appreciative and thanking everyone as lives were clearly saved.
There’s a ton of instances where shipping companies get by with the bare minimum of compliance. I think the crew and pilot were handed a crap sandwich at the worst possible time and did their best to salvage the situation. They just didn’t have an out.
Speed the tape up and it looks like they did it on purpose.
Right. It was the Harbor Pilot who notified MTA. I seriously doubt the Harbor Pilot wouldn’t have noticed ship issues prior to just before impact.
What’s weird about this is they were having trouble with the diesels in the days prior and got underway anyway. Must have been big pressure to depart and perhaps fix it underway. If the issue was algae in the fuel, that’s not something you can fix underway very easily.
I agree with you. A DEI hire would be paralyzed into inaction. This Pilot immediately took charge and did everything possible in a remarkably short time.