So the real question is what causes the ship's blackout? From the video and comments it seems the ship had a power failure at the worst time possible. When the power went out the propeller started free wheeling which turned the ship toward the bridge because of the propeller being drug through the water acting like a rutter.
There is helicopter video of an anchor having been dropped but in the shallow water it was ineffective and didn't have enough time to take hold. When the power came back on the crew tried to slow the propeller by slowing the now turning engine and putting it in reverse which further turned the ship into the bridge but it was the best thing they could do to try to slow the ship down. The black smoke was the unburnt diesel fuel from the engine getting maxed out turning the propeller backwards to attempt to slow the ship.
The crew seemed to do what would have been expected of them in the situation. So why did the power go out at that moment when the probable outcome could have been known? Maybe it was an "o-ring" that gave it up???
From what I read, basically yes. The very heavy chan and anchor drops 50-100 feet into the bay and doesn't get enough slack drawn out of the ship to have a heavy enough portion of anchor and chain to do anything significant to slow the forward momentum. They basically just dragged a small amount of chain through the mud to little or no effect. It does show that they didn't just throttle up and ram the bridge though.
The black smoke could also have been the result of a sudden throttle up, maybe to reverse or to ram, either way will never know the truth, just what they decide to tell us
So the real question is what causes the ship's blackout? From the video and comments it seems the ship had a power failure at the worst time possible. When the power went out the propeller started free wheeling which turned the ship toward the bridge because of the propeller being drug through the water acting like a rutter.
There is helicopter video of an anchor having been dropped but in the shallow water it was ineffective and didn't have enough time to take hold. When the power came back on the crew tried to slow the propeller by slowing the now turning engine and putting it in reverse which further turned the ship into the bridge but it was the best thing they could do to try to slow the ship down. The black smoke was the unburnt diesel fuel from the engine getting maxed out turning the propeller backwards to attempt to slow the ship.
The crew seemed to do what would have been expected of them in the situation. So why did the power go out at that moment when the probable outcome could have been known? Maybe it was an "o-ring" that gave it up???
good post.
This part confused me.
is that because the chain would be made for deeper waters and thus had a ton of slack?
From what I read, basically yes. The very heavy chan and anchor drops 50-100 feet into the bay and doesn't get enough slack drawn out of the ship to have a heavy enough portion of anchor and chain to do anything significant to slow the forward momentum. They basically just dragged a small amount of chain through the mud to little or no effect. It does show that they didn't just throttle up and ram the bridge though.
thanks!
From what I am reading. Local pilots were aboard the ship.
That's how it is near me, you have locals or tugboats steer the ships into port because. This because the local harbor is tricky.
The black smoke could also have been the result of a sudden throttle up, maybe to reverse or to ram, either way will never know the truth, just what they decide to tell us
There was a news station that flew over and a dropped anchor could be seen so I'm supposing they were trying to stop.