Watching this ship & knowing that ships can be hacked & controlled (dickbutt before the Suez canal was blocked on the tracking radar gave that evidence), it could be a foreign power attacking, or even our own whitehats for some reason.
Doing a hard reset to try & gain control again might do it, but my limited understanding of basic hacking leads me to believe that even resetting all power is a futile attempt & you might gain seconds or minutes (if lucky) of control back.
It would be better to be able to cut all network/GPS signals (maybe jam them) to prevent external communications.
Thank you! I came here to say the same thing. I am a ship inspector. Modern ships can be controlled from a shore base. That includes main propulsion and steering. Not much different now than a self-driving car.
Here is some analysis by some shipping "expert". I put it in quotes, because I have no idea who this guy is. But I think its worth a listen. At the very least, he has real time tracking of the ship and you can see they were on course and in channel until around the power blip. Then when power comes back on and the smoke really bellows, the ship begins to slow down, but its too late.
Great video, thanks for sharing. The ship didn't seem to slow down or speed up due to the black smoke, so maybe it was an engine malfunction after all. Very interested to see what the crew says happened.
Agreed, the smoke is because of the engines running at max rpm.
The lights going on and off could have been an attempt by the crew to regain control of the ship, after being hacked.
Watching this ship & knowing that ships can be hacked & controlled (dickbutt before the Suez canal was blocked on the tracking radar gave that evidence), it could be a foreign power attacking, or even our own whitehats for some reason.
Doing a hard reset to try & gain control again might do it, but my limited understanding of basic hacking leads me to believe that even resetting all power is a futile attempt & you might gain seconds or minutes (if lucky) of control back.
It would be better to be able to cut all network/GPS signals (maybe jam them) to prevent external communications.
Clearly navigate to hit the pylons when run at 8x speed
Lara Logan claims it was an a cyber attack.
https://twitter.com/laralogan/status/1772675651599770093
Thank you! I came here to say the same thing. I am a ship inspector. Modern ships can be controlled from a shore base. That includes main propulsion and steering. Not much different now than a self-driving car.
Another interesting thought. 👌
Here is some analysis by some shipping "expert". I put it in quotes, because I have no idea who this guy is. But I think its worth a listen. At the very least, he has real time tracking of the ship and you can see they were on course and in channel until around the power blip. Then when power comes back on and the smoke really bellows, the ship begins to slow down, but its too late.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N39w6aQFKSQ
Great video, thanks for sharing. The ship didn't seem to slow down or speed up due to the black smoke, so maybe it was an engine malfunction after all. Very interested to see what the crew says happened.
Or warning everyone around them of danger?