From gcaptain: > The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to meet next week to determine the probable cause of the October 1, 2015, sinking of the U.S.-flagged cargo ship El Faro. The major safety issues associated with this accident include the Captain’s actions; the currency of…

Seems like they’re missing one or two major safety issues.

[image] coldduck: Seems like they’re missing one or two major safety issues. such as deficient both intact and damage condition righting arm, lack of watertight integrity of ventilators and scuttles, cargo lashing quality for a worst possible case scenario, design of supply of lube oil to tur…

NTSB News Release Sinking of the El Faro Subject of NTSB Meeting 12/8/2017 The NTSB is scheduled to meet Dec. 12, 2017, to determine the probable cause of the Oct. 1, 2015, sinking of the U.S. flagged cargo ship El Faro. The 790-foot vessel set sail from Jacksonville, Florida, on a voyage to Sa…

When this $5.6 million dollar investigation becomes public nothing will change really. The NTSB has no enforcement ability nor can it make rules. There’s not much US flagged shipping to be concerned with anyway. After the exhaustive examination of the Deepwater Horizon disaster the only real change …

[image] c.captain: I honestly do not know how the bridge team failed unless one wants to believe that some officer should have stood before the master and said “NOT ONE MILE CLOSER” and the “ALL OF US ARE TOGETHER ON THIS!” It was a top-down failure. From reading the VDR transcripts it is app…

Ever since I read the first report and read the transcript of the bridge recording it was apparent that the entire bridge resource management scheme failed. In my opinion it is a cultural thing. Authoritarianism is still the norm on ships. The bridge resource management idea came from the airline in…

[image] Kennebec_Captain: It was a top-down failure. From reading the VDR transcripts it is apparent that each watch mate was acting as in individual, not as part of a team. but it is the master who builds and fosters the “team”…unless he does this then there is no team to fail. It is only a…

[image] c.captain: Davidson was reckless. Yes he was.

I agree the master should foster and build the team. In this case Davidson clearly was deficient. CRM or BRM has as one of it’s requirements the ability of anyone to report legitimate concerns to the DPA. In this case management failed in not properly overseeing the operation of the vessel as well a…

[image] tengineer1: They went along with the captain’s decision for one of two reasons. 1. They did not trust their own judgement and/or lacked experience. 2. They were afraid of losing their job by questioning the captain or contacting the DPA. In any case they took no strong action. They died…

NTSB to Determine Probable Cause of El Faro Sinking Next Week

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Urs December 13, 2017, 2:05pm 14

I did the math (therein is an error: departure from JAX was at 0210Z on September 30) >>>

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NTSB to Determine Probable Cause of El Faro Sinking Next Week

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