Almost Titanic 2

JBod · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:00

Kenai said:
You live on a world full of some incredible landscapes, fascinating history, beautiful weather, interesting cultures etc. etc. etc. and you can't imagine anything better than a fortnight on a posh floating butlins?

That's a rather depressing thought IMO

Wow ignorance really is bliss

Not know much about cruise holidays then eh?

During my last cruise I went up the side of a volcano, had a VIP tour of the Acropolis whilst being waited on hand and foot in a 5 star floating palace. Yea dreadful things cruise holidays.. very depressing.

Natwee · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:01

JBod said:
Wow ignorance really is bliss

Not know much about cruise holidays then eh?

During my last cruise I went up the side of a volcano, had a VIP tour of the Acropolis whilst being waited on hand and foot in a 5 star floating palace. Yea dreadful things cruise holidays.. very depressing.

EXACTLY.

The ship is accomodation.

Its no different from staying in a hotel and then going out to see the places in the day.

Its just that you wake up in a different place every day so it never gets boring!

V F · 15 Jan 2012 at 00:41

norm said:
Somewhat ironic, because had it been out at sea there would have been no danger of running aground.

Those in the engine room must have had the fright of their lives when that burst through.

Scary how weight does more damage than speed of 24Mph. That must have been frightening the noise.

DcD · 15 Jan 2012 at 01:06

Out of interest, do they still operate the "women and children first" emergency order?

Natwee · 15 Jan 2012 at 01:14

DcD said:
Out of interest, do they still operate the "women and children first" emergency order?

not on RCCL.

Everyone is already assigned to a group the size of how many fit in a lifeboat, and muster station, and then everyone goes to a lifeboat when it is their groups turn.

They do a drill an hour before leaving the post on the first day, and the staff all stand in the corridors, and look as your seapass card and tell you where your station is. So if it was a real emergency you would head to there, and your crew member would then take you out to your lifeboat.

spenncerr · 15 Jan 2012 at 01:15

I wonder if the Captain will be keeping his job after this one.

DcD · 15 Jan 2012 at 01:23

spenncerr said:
I wonder if the Captain will be keeping his job after this one.

In most of these transport disaster scenarios, the government take action against the company, and then the company tries to shift the blame in the press by scape goating the driver/captain. That's the standard pattern.

spenncerr · 15 Jan 2012 at 01:24

In other words, he's a probably out of a job.

DcD · 15 Jan 2012 at 01:29

spenncerr said:
In other words, he's a probably out of a job.

Yes and then in twenty years when the "official independent investigation" is finally finished, they'll make a formal apology to the probably then-deceased Captain as it wasn't actually his fault, or something along those lines. Convenient.

This has exacly happened on several occassions already.

StriderX · 15 Jan 2012 at 02:05

Natwee said:
not on RCCL.

Everyone is already assigned to a group the size of how many fit in a lifeboat, and muster station, and then everyone goes to a lifeboat when it is their groups turn.

They do a drill an hour before leaving the post on the first day, and the staff all stand in the corridors, and look as your seapass card and tell you where your station is. So if it was a real emergency you would head to there, and your crew member would then take you out to your lifeboat.

Isnt it wonderful how they expect people to remember that when their lives hang in the balance?

Strife212 · 15 Jan 2012 at 02:22

The captain has been arrested already.

StriderX · 15 Jan 2012 at 02:25

Strife212 said:
The captain has been arrested already.

Oh Italy.

DcD · 15 Jan 2012 at 02:39

StriderX said:
Isnt it wonderful how they expect people to remember that when their lives hang in the balance?

As long as the lawyers are happy!

[FnG]magnolia · 15 Jan 2012 at 02:55

Some of the pictures are terrifying. My goodness

Natwee · 15 Jan 2012 at 02:55

StriderX said:
Isnt it wonderful how they expect people to remember that when their lives hang in the balance?

I'm not really sure what you mean by that :confused:

DcD · 15 Jan 2012 at 03:01

Natwee said:
I'm not really sure what you mean by that

He means, when your ship is sinking, how are you supposed to rationally and perfectly remember their silly little drill from X amount of days ago?

Natwee · 15 Jan 2012 at 03:05

DcD said:
He means, when your ship is sinking, how are you supposed to rationally and perfectly remember their silly little drill from X amount of days ago?

Because you don't really need to remember anything. The staff line all the corridors and stand in front off all the staircases. They tell you where to go.

Tobeornottobe · 15 Jan 2012 at 06:34

The position and shape of the hole in the port aft side of the hull, and the intact port stabiliser indicates that the ship was proceeding at speed and attempting to execute a hard starbord turn when it struck the reef. This tells me that the bridge team realised that the ship was heading for danger, attempted to avoid it but it was too late.

According to reports the ship struck the reef some 10 miles before it's final resting place.

StriderX · 15 Jan 2012 at 07:10

Natwee said:
Because you don't really need to remember anything. The staff line all the corridors and stand in front off all the staircases. They tell you where to go.

If its a more chaotic crash that probably wouldn't work, the staff are people too, im sure they would rather be alive than to see that through.

Tobeornottobe · 15 Jan 2012 at 07:24

The Captain abandoned his ship at 23:30, several hours before the evacuation was complete. The Command and Control system was therefore decapitated which would have resulted in greater chaos and confusion.