Modern day Titanic.

[gonefishie]

With modern technology you wouldn't think these type of thing still happenin.

http://news.aol.com/story/_a/cruise-ship-off-antarctica-evacuated/20071123061209990001'

 

[tashasdaddy]

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saw it on the noon news, someone was not watching. wonder who gets hung for this one.

 

[Drowned Rat]

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If it hit an iceberg, it would be the first ship lost that way since the Titanic right??

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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"The ship ran into some ice. It was submerged ice and the result was a hole about the size of a fist in the side of the hull so it began taking on water ... but quite slowly," she said."
Yep, a iceberg I guess.
Size of your fist. Not a very big hole for a ship that size.
But lots of pressure there to put a lot of water through a hole that size.

 

[Haut Medoc]

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saw it on the noon news, someone was not watching. wonder who gets hung for this one.

Bush's fault!......

 

[tashasdaddy]

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easy, Boy!!

 

[angus63]

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Ship's a Liberian flag. Why? No rules, inspections, taxes, etc........
Standards do not compare to US and British Maritime registry.

 

[ob]

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Doesn't speak too well of the damage control procedures aboard.Or lack of.A hole the size of a fist, if the initial reports are accurate ,should be easily controlled by some water tight compartment procedures and a working knowledge of the ships bilge pumps.Anyone who has ever served aboard ship,particularly in an engineering rate, would concur.Fortunately the passengers were able to be transfered to another vessel.

 

[Hoss the Hermit]

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It ain't nice to f--- with Mother Nature

 

[rolmops]

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That hole may be the size of a fist,but I sure would not like to quarrel with the guy who has fists that size.
And some fist it must have been

 

[Gary H NC]

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Now the news is saying the passengers are stuck on the rescue ship and not being allowed to come ashore.Details at 11...

 

[Bigprairie1]

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Now the news is saying the passengers are stuck on the rescue ship and not being allowed to come ashore.Details at 11...

...although I don't know where they would go ashore at all...in the Antarctic.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

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It showed pics of them coming ashore.

 

[Gary H NC]

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Thats our local news for you! They never get the facts straight..

 

[Caveman Charlie]

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Doesn't speak too well of the damage control procedures aboard.Or lack of.A hole the size of a fist, if the initial reports are accurate ,should be easily controlled by some water tight compartment procedures and a working knowledge of the ships bilge pumps.Anyone who has ever served aboard ship,particularly in an engineering rate, would concur.Fortunately the passengers were able to be transfered to another vessel.

That's what I was thinking. On a ship of that size a fist size hole does not sound so big. Put somr duck tape over it. jk. Still there should be a way to shut some doors and have gotten to shore

 

[Haut Medoc]

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Couldn't a diver have welded a plate over it?......
Or how about a big cork?.....​

 

[MikDee]

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Couldn't a diver have welded a plate over it?......
Or how about a big cork?.....​

This was my first thought, just sending someone down to put a plate over the hole, or stuff something in it from the outside? pressure should even hold it in place???

No,,, instead, we'll just let the ship sink, that'll fix it

 

[External Combustion]

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A diver would be commiting suicide diving in those waters without a well prepared dive with a good support group. No time to get an experienced diver there befor the ship slipped beneath the waves.

Standard emergency procedures as practiced by most of the worlds navies would have worked and possibly bought enough time for a salvage tug to get them out of trouble. ( The use of ropes to slide a mattress wrapped in a canvas tarp across the hole would slow the leakage tremendously. The water pressure would hold the patch if the speed of the thull through the water was not too great. Blocking the rip from the inside could then be done with timbers and jacks.) The main problem is that Liberia does not require the training that most other countries do, nor do they require equipment and supplies on board that are basic emergency supplies.

The moral of the story is to do your homework before booking a cruise or flight. Someone else may not be there in time to rescue you after you have saved "big bucks" on your dream cruise.

 

[Caveman Charlie]

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I'm not a terrible tree hugger or anything. But, when I see something like this I wonder How many gallons of fuel or any other bad stuff just went into the ocean,

 

[jbjennings]

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Seems to me like anyone in the Antarctic would have some kind of sonar to detect such things as ICEBERGS! It is, after all, ANTARCTICA.....Even fancy bass rigs where I live have sidescanning fish finders. What's the deal? That must be a REALLY unprepared crew. Makes you wonder.....
JBJ