Damn it man! Didn't just collide, it knocked that sucker down, destroyed it. Wonder if any big targets happened to be crossing at the time. Those last trucks off were dang sure lucky.
Clear, and better footage here. Looks like the ship was billowing a lot of smoke before the hit. IMO, steering controls, or power could have been damaged from a fire. Or, considering how much smoke there is, the captain steering the ship could have been blinded by the smoke. Smoke that thick is impossible to see through at night, and lights do nothing- possibly explaining why ship lights turn off/on.
But, the lights turning off/on could also be caused by damaged electric power systems, or maybe even a person trying whatever they could do to try signal a warning to drivers on the bridge.
My hunch at this time is that there was a massive fire on the ship, likely caused from EV batteries, and hot enough to do major internal damage to the ship.
If so the cavitation of the propeller would have caused loss of steering? May have been going too slow for that to be an issue. It would have been interesting to know if GPS was jammed. Knowing the Cabal plans, this is way to convenient to be an accident.
8 kts is plenty for steerage.
Prop cav? Not at that speed when the put it to the stops in reverse? Maybe, but at that point (if moving backwards, it didn't) the riders get clean laminar flow from aft.
The diversion to starboard does not make any sense.
GPS is irrelevant when maneuvering that close.
Now someone slapping a magnet near the flux-gate compass, if on auto pilot... That could have done it...
Damn it man! Didn't just collide, it knocked that sucker down, destroyed it. Wonder if any big targets happened to be crossing at the time. Those last trucks off were dang sure lucky.
Probably a DEI crew in charge.
Prayers for the innocent.
https://twitter.com/indiancrusher/status/1772531393027076111?s=20
Clear, and better footage here. Looks like the ship was billowing a lot of smoke before the hit. IMO, steering controls, or power could have been damaged from a fire. Or, considering how much smoke there is, the captain steering the ship could have been blinded by the smoke. Smoke that thick is impossible to see through at night, and lights do nothing- possibly explaining why ship lights turn off/on.
But, the lights turning off/on could also be caused by damaged electric power systems, or maybe even a person trying whatever they could do to try signal a warning to drivers on the bridge.
My hunch at this time is that there was a massive fire on the ship, likely caused from EV batteries, and hot enough to do major internal damage to the ship.
They were clearly on the wrong side of the channel... And that is just to begin with.
They should have picked up a pilot long before entering the harbor approach.
The smoke could have been coming from the stack as they put engines in full reverse.. It takes a carrier like that over a mile to stop.
If so the cavitation of the propeller would have caused loss of steering? May have been going too slow for that to be an issue. It would have been interesting to know if GPS was jammed. Knowing the Cabal plans, this is way to convenient to be an accident.
8 kts is plenty for steerage. Prop cav? Not at that speed when the put it to the stops in reverse? Maybe, but at that point (if moving backwards, it didn't) the riders get clean laminar flow from aft. The diversion to starboard does not make any sense. GPS is irrelevant when maneuvering that close. Now someone slapping a magnet near the flux-gate compass, if on auto pilot... That could have done it...