A whale-watching vessel had a close encounter of the entirely too speedy kind with a dock in San Diego today.
At first guess, I'd say the engines and/or propeller(s) didn't respond to the throttles - failing to switch to a slower speed or go into reverse pitch. The inquiry will be asking questions about all that, of course.
Peter
Did anyone catch that "hornblower" was part of the name of the ship?
ReplyDeleteYes, Snoggy, I was going to make the same comment.
ReplyDeleteSomething went wrong mechanically as they blew 5 short early on, which is the emergency signal. At the start of the video, reverse engines was all that would have prevented this. I expect they have variable pitch propellers so something hydraulic may have happened.
ReplyDeleteOH THE HUMANITY!!!!
ReplyDeleteAntibubba
Dang! Almost got Granny.
ReplyDeleteWashing State Ferry system had a boat do something like this. A failure in automated control systems.
ReplyDeleteApparently they had a bearing failure and could not reverse. Or so it says on the 'Net.
ReplyDeleteLittleRed1