Posted on 03/27/2019 7:21:18 PM PDT by Rebelbase
Disconnect the sensors and Slick-50 that B and she’ll never stop again.
I’ll bet it has a really big dipstick.
Maybe it identified as a 737 Max 8 or Max 9. All things are possibe in the modern times.
bet one oiler, with a rag, could read the oil level in the engines.
Well, you had to be there to understand.
Oils well that ends well.
Yeah, this was an elemental Systems failure.
MAN obviously has a glaringly-crappy SOVAT routine to miss this one.
IMO they probably removed the oil reservoir baffles to save fuel.
Sucks to be them.
No excuses on the ocean.
But I’m with Viking on the Go/No Go decision for the storm. If the ship doesn’t sail insurance wont cover. If the ship sinks insurance covers. Always sail.
Systems Operation Verification And Testing.
There go the careers of the Chief Engineer and the Captain.
Learn to code.
Most hiperf cars have complex windage and baffle trays to keep oil available at the bottom of the pan for pickup. Maybe those ship engines weren’t spec’ed to operate in extremely rough seas, so, no elaborate oil system or a system designed for a dry sump. Just conjecture.
I wonder if the Genie Lamp came on at the bridge console:)
Learn to lubricate.
No thst wpuld be not enough gender fluid.
Yeah, just joking. The system shut down, hopefully before serious damage.
I was going to post about getting a new Chief Operating Engineer, But you beat me to it!
Or...Maybe the oil levels were OK and some faulty sensor told the computer oil was low, and the computer control system shut down the engines...?
Just speculating, but with the recent Boeing sensor/system problems this could also be a possibility...
Lots of automation replacing human “eyes-on” these days...Old timer pilots lament younger flight officers know more about computer systems than what makes the plane fly and how to manually respond when a problem presents...Could it be maritime systems have analogous problems cropping up?
Hi-perf engines use an oil tank and don’t rely on a wet sump.
How would a navigational error cause the engine to fail?
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