Posted on 03/27/2019 7:21:18 PM PDT by Rebelbase
A maritime official says the engines of a cruise ship failed off Norway's coast during a storm because they didn't have enough lubricating oil.
Lars Alvestad, the head of Norway's Maritime Authority, said Wednesday that low oil levels were the "direct cause" of the engine failure that stranded the Viking Sky on Saturday.
Alvestad says safety systems detected the problem and automatically stopped the engines to prevent a breakdown.
Viking Sky's crew sent a mayday call and anchored in heavy seas to keep the ship from being dashed on rocks in an area known for shipwrecks. Five helicopters lifted 479 passengers off with winches.
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human error, no way around it. The engine room crew screwed the pooch on this one.
Nahhhh....it was the beginning of the implementation of the green new deal with a phasing out of petroleum products....
Could be a failed sensor or two.
Guess that the Willie Bio Oil could not handle the job.
Yeah;
oil BAD !
She started to rock and the oil sloshed away from the sensors so the engines shut down to protect themselves.
Should have had an override.
They had oil, but what they didn’t have was a ship that could handle the oil properly in serious turbulence.
Who forgot to load the Quaker State oil?
How can that happen accidentally?
The Viking Sky was built in 2013. Its engines are made by MAN, one of the best Diesel engine manufacturers in the world.
Engines of that scale are heavily instrumented and computerized. A low oil situation on any part of the engine triggers multiple alarms that show up on computer screens, as flashing lights, and as buzzers and beepers.
It has multiple engines configured as Diesel electric generators; its main motors are powered by electric motors, power for which can be taken from any of its multiple redundant electrical supplies.
It’s inconceivable that all its engines could fail from lack of oil in such a way that the ship would be without propulsion and adrift at sea.
I lost a pressure washer because of that.
No one was inconvenienced but me.
Engines likely equipped with low oil level sensors and the giant waves caused faulty readings which shut down the engines. I would think there would be a way to over ride or wire out the sensors.
OOPs!
I agree. Impossible. Low on oil is a cover story at best. I say navigational error or sabotage. Muzzie driver?
Why was your pressure washer riding out a storm at sea?
Gay cruise?
Well, there was plenty of wind energy.
Fill it withfuel - check the oil- goes hand in hand
The ole’ quarts vs. liters conundrum.
didn’t anyone check the dip sticks. They were probably glued to the “sensors” in the air conditioned engineering control booth.
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