• IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Could have very easily been a mechanical failure. There are plenty of examples of cargo ships like that losing engines, losing steering, etc.

    • elmicha@feddit.org
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      The watch officer apparently admitted that he fell asleep. I find it astonishing that such giant ships don’t have an autopilot that can at least stop the ship before it crashes into land. Or a dead man’s switch which would wake up the watch man or someone else.

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        5 days ago

        It’s more astonishing to read in the article that this is the second time this ship has run aground in the past 3 years.

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      Wild. I swear when I read this article it said the pilot was suspected of falling asleep. I must have read a different article. This one says:

      The watch officer of a large container ship that ran aground and crashed into a garden in Norway has told police he was asleep at the time of the incident.

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      I’d expect some kind of alarm if that happens, but I would be wholly unsurprised if they saved money by omitting it.