Tanker Sola and Norwegian navy frigate Helga Ingstad collide off Norway

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  • Bad radio watch on HI

  • Bad radar watch HI

  • Bad lookout HI

  • Bad use of AIS on HI

  • Bad situational awareness on HI

  • Why did Fedje VTS not inform northbound vessels about HI?

  • Why did Fedje VTS not keep closer watch on HI after they turned off AIS?

  • What happened between 02:40 and 03:58 at Fedje VTS to warrant losing track of a southbound warship?

  • Sola TS did not give enough attention to southbound traffic before departure (just tracked AIS not radar?), should have waited to northbound vessels had passed and traveled more east in Hjeltefjorden.

  • Why did Sola TS not call a Pan-Pan on Ch 16 and 80 to call attention from all southbound vessels? (and other vessels in the area) Why waste minutes including a VTS that did not do it’s duty?

So much fuckery that I have more questions after then before reading the report. The whole incident is just mind boggling.

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